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used by the Union to communicate across the country instantanously.
What is the telegraph
100
The opening battle of the Civil War.
What is Ft. Sumter, SC.
100
The election of this man triggered the Civil war in 1860.
Who is President Lincoln.
100
the Blue suit.
What is the Union uniform
100
Lincoln decides to do this in order to quickly get supplies men and food to the soldiers.
What is take control of the railroads.
200
Instead of marching or going by horseback, provisions for was can be delivered within 7 days.
What is the railroad
200
The second major battle in the Civil war in which the south wins.
What is the Battle of Bull Run Creek
200
He is appointed general over all the Union soldiers in late 1863.
Who is US Grant
200
There were 15-30 of these done daily during the war.
What is amputations
200
The attack was advised to come from behind at Gettysburg, but instead Lee did this.
What is attacking with a full frontal assualt.
300
Bromine was used midway through the Civil War in order to combat this which allowed 3/4 of the men to survive amuptations.
What is gangrene
300
This was to be the 1st decisive battle one in which Robert E Lee attempts to prove himself to foreign countries in order to get aid, but he fails.
What is Antietam
300
He is the general who is over the entire Confederate army.
Who is Robert E. Lee
300
The side that has the gray suit.
Who is the South or Confederates
300
Lincoln issues this to free all the slaves in rebelling states in order to significantly weaken the South.
What is the Emancipation Proclamation
400
This new technique allowed people at home to be able to view the bodies of those lost in the war.
What is embalming
400
Its the turning point of the war in favor of the North.
What is Gettysburg
400
This is the Union general who is over the entire Union army at the beginning of the war who is fired twice by Lincoln.
What is George McClellan
400
Field nurse Clara Barton goes on to start this that still aids in disasters today.
What is the Red Cross
400
This is Lee's second attempt to win a decisive battle in the North in which to gain foreign aid but he lost; Last chance to do this.
What is Gettyburg
500
The inside of rifle barrels were carved in this swirling motion in order to spin the bullet towards its target faster and more accurately.
What is called rifleing
500
The battle that cut the confederacy in half and weakned the South led by US Grant.
What the Battle Of Vicksburg
500
What general on horseback confronts Lee on the run into the mountains in Virginia that leads to Lee's surrender?
Who is General Sherridan
500
He assassinated Lincoln in Ford's Theater on April 14th, 1865.
Who is John Wilkes Booth
500
Strategy was used by the North in order to block off trade in the South, divide the south and rip up the main rail lines of the South.
What is the Anaconda Plan