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Who was the leader of the 54th Massachusetts Regiment?
Robert Gould Shaw
What state first seceded from the Union?
South Carolina
What was the law passed that abolished slavery?
Emancipation Proclamation
What state did Robert E. Lee invade?
Pennsylvania
What was the North's plan called?
Anaconda Plan
Who was the president of the Union?
Abraham Lincoln
Where were the first shots of the Civil War fired?
Fort Sumter, South Carolina
Who won the 1860 election?
Abraham Lincoln
What battle was the bloodiest battle of the Civil War?
The Battle at Gettysburg
What was one of Abraham Lincoln's war strategies?
Preserve the Union
Keep Border states
Abolish Slavery
Who was the main Southern general?
Robert E. Lee
What place did the 54th Massachusetts Regiment volunteer to attack?
Fort Wagner, South Carolina
What did the Confederate Congress announce would happen to captured African American soldiers?
They would be sold back into slavery
The North gained control of what river after the Battle of Vicksburg?
Mississippi River
The South tried to encourage what continent to help them?
Europe
What Union general defeated Robert E. Lee causing the South to surrender?
Ulysses S. Grant
Where did the 54th Massachusetts Regiment have their first fight?
Charleston, South Carolina
What was the reason the Confederacy wanted to secede from the Union?
To keep slavery
How many men were killed during the Battle of Gettysburg?
More than 50,000
What was one strength of the South?
Psychological Advantage
Strong Military Tradition
Fighting on Familiar Ground
Who was the president of the South?
Jefferson Davis
What was the ORIGINAL capital for the confederacy?
Montgomery, Alabama
What was the law that allowed African Americans to fight in the Union army?
Militia Act
Close to the end of the war what place did Ulysses S. Grant try to retake?
Richmond, Virginia
What was the war strategy of the South?
Fight a long war and defend their territory rather than invade