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Confederate General and leader of the Army of Northern Virginia.
Who is Robert E. Lee?
This was the first major battle in the Civil War and had an observer picnic at the cite.
What was the Battle of Bull Run?
Define conscription.
What is a military draft?
The role of the Mississippi River in the war.
What was transport for supplies?
The rights given by the 14th Amendment
What is the rights of citizenship when born in the U.S.?
Union General and future President of the United States.
Who is Ulysses S. Grant?
This was the final battle of the Civil War.
What was the Battle (surrender) at Appomattox courthouse?
What was the right to vote, regardless of race?
The person who, motive for, and approximately when Lincoln was assassinated.
Who is John Wilkes Booth, a Confederate sympathizer, 5 days after the war ended?
The capital of the Confederacy.
What was Richmond, Virginia?
President of the Confederacy.
Who is Jefferson Davis?
DOUBLE JEOPARDY: This battle had the single deadliest day in U.S. history.
What was the Battle of Antietam?
Define border states
What were Union states that still had slavery?
Cite at least two specific examples of how Black civilians participated in the war effort
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The name of the Union war strategy.
What was the anaconda plan?
Union General, leader of the Army of the Potomac, and Presidential candidate in 1864.
Who is George McClellan?
This battle (Union victory) in Tennessee was the deadliest battle in U.S. history when it took place in 1862.
What was the Battle of Shiloh?
Define total war
What is when ALL resources go towards winning a war and essentially nothing is off limits?
Cite at least two specific examples of how women participated in the war effort
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The approximate areas of the Eastern and Western theaters.
Where was the capitals (Easter) and the Mississippi River (Western)?
Union General known for leading a battle campaign from Atlanta to Savannah.
Who is William Sherman?
This battle, had it been won by the Union, likely would have lead to a Confederate defeat in the war. This battle took place in 1862.
What was the Battle of Fredericksburg?
Define copperheads
Who are people in the north who were anti-war and wanted a peaceful solution?
The connection between the Emancipation Proclamation and the Battle of Antietam.
What was Lincoln waiting for a major Union battle victory before the Emancipation Proclamation in order to display confidence?
What is a siege?