This is why Lincoln was successful in the 1860 election.
What is the Southern Democrats split their vote.
100
Shots were fired on Fort Sumter in 1861
What is the event that marked the beginning of the Civil War?
100
Dates the Battle of Gettysburg was fought.
What is July 1-3, 1863?
100
This key southern city fell to Union General Sherman on September 2, 1864.
What is Atlanta?
100
This general is able to surround Lee's army and demand the Confederate army's surrender.
Who is General Ulysses S. Grant?
200
The North needed as many volunteers as possible, they hoped to stop more rebellion, and they needed a buffer of land between Richmond, VA and Washington DC
What is why did the Union want control of the border states?
200
Made wooden sailing ships obsolete.
What is the invention of the ironclad ships?
200
Before the battle, Lee was without any information from his scouts for three days because of this.
What is his cavalry chief, Jeb Stuart, was off raiding instead of doing his job?
200
Sherman practiced this strategy - destroying all civilian and economic resources.
What is "total war"?
200
The official site of surrender.
What is a home in Appomattox Courthouse, Virginia?
300
Did not recognize the South's right to leave the Union; announced he would keep all US government property in the South; stated he would not provoke war
What are the main points of Lincoln's inaugural address?
300
They were afraid freed slaves would come North and take their jobs.
What is how many Northerners felt about the Emancipation Proclamation?
300
The name of the Union colonel who bravely defended Little Round Top on the 2nd day.
Who is Joshua Chamberlain?
300
Sherman's destructive march from Atlanta to Savannah became known by what name?
What is Sherman's "March to the Sea"?
300
620,000
What is the number of Americans (on both sides) that lost their lives during the Civil War?
400
The idea that Great Britain would support the Confederacy because it needed its cotton.
What is cotton diplomacy?
400
Blockading the South and taking control of the Mississippi River were part of the winning strategy developed by which Union general?
Who is General Winfield Scott?
400
The name of the general who twice tried to convince General Lee not to attack.
Who is General James Longstreet?
400
What is the name of the Union Hero who captures Mobile Bay, Alabama?
Who is Admiral David Farragut?
400
On January 31, 1865, at President Lincoln's strong urging, Congress proposed and ratified this.
What is the Thirteenth Amendment - making slavery illegal throughout the United States?
500
On July 4, 1863, Grant writes, "the fate of the Confederacy was sealed..." when this fell.
What is the city of Vicksburg?
500
Unprepared & undisciplined soldiers.
What is the main problem both North & South faced at the start of the war?
500
The name of the Confederate general who had the misfortune of leading his troops on the charge to capture Cemetery Ridge.
Who is General George Pickett? (Pickett's Charge)
500
Abraham Lincoln is re-elected president over this Democratic rival.
Who is former Union General George B. McClellan?
500
April 14, 1865 - Lincoln is assassinated while attending a theater and this man is sworn into office as the new president.