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This group of Anti-Slavery advocates promoted the end of slavery as a reason for War

Abolitionists

100
This form of transportation made it possible for Abraham Lincoln to coordinate war plans with multiple generals from a single room.

Telegraph

100

President Lincoln made this announcement following the Battle of Antietam (a Union victory) so show that his policy could be enforced by Union troops.

The Emancipation Proclamation

100

These bodacious dudes totally wanted to punish the South for their super lame rebellion.  They favored full rights for African Americans and a federal government whose authority was clearly superior than states' rights.

Radical Republicans

100

The name for this animal is derived from a Greek word meaning, “A tribe of hairy women.”

Gorilla

200

This was Abraham Lincoln's main goal during the beginning of the Civil War.

To preserve the Union

200
This type of transportation made it possible to transport troops to the battlefield with great efficiency.

Railroads

200
The North's plan to blockade port cities in the South and control the Mississippi River in order to restrict imports and exports, effectively "squeezing the life" out of the Confederacy.

The Anaconda Plan

200

This amendment's purpose was to guarantee voting rights for all male citizens regardless of race.

The Fifteenth Amendment

200

Johnny Cash sang about a boy with this unusual name.

Sue
300

During this event, poor (mostly Irish) men who were upset with the institution of a draft attacked African Americans and wealthy men who could afford to pay a $300 exemption fee.

The New York Draft Riots

300

With far greater accuracy and causing greater damage, this bullet type replaced the traditional round musket ball.

Minie Ball

300

This battle, fought in the North, was a crushing blow to the Confederacy and is considered a "turning point" in the War.

Gettysburg

300

Andrew Johnson was formally charged by the House of Representatives and faced removal from office.  What is the name of this checks and balances procedure.

Impeachment

300

Which US President officially made Thanksgiving a national holiday?

Abraham Lincoln

400

In an effort to silence Northerners who he felt were disloyal, Abraham Lincoln suspended this Constitutional right.

Habeas corpus (the guarantee against imprisonment without formal charges).
400

This battlefield medical procedure was preformed more than any other during the Civil War.

Amputation

400
This Confederate Civil War general is considered one of the greatest military minds in American history
Robert E. Lee
400

The original goal of this terrorist organization was to prevent African Americans from exercising their right to vote.

The Ku Klux Klan

400

What is the square root of 225?

15

500

Name THREE advantages that the North had at the beginning of the Civil War.

Higher population, more resources to wage war, more railroads, better military leadership, etc.

500

This addition to the barrel of a firearm increased accuracy by spinning the ball in a spiral motion as it left the barrel.

Rifling

500

Sherman's March to the Sea is considered one of the first examples of "Total War" in America.  Describe "Total War"

The destruction of any and all property that could be used to make war.  This included cities, railroads, homes, crops, etc.

500
Although freed slaves enjoyed a brief period of political freedom and power, by the end of the 1800s most southern states removed African American rights by imposing literacy tests, Black Codes, etc.  What is the name of this type of legal separation of the races?

De jure segregation

500

Why did the farmer win an award?

He was out standing in his field