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16th President of the U.S.
Abraham Lincoln
100
Where were the first shots of the Civil War were fired?
Fort Sumter
100
Declared 'that all persons held as slaves' within the rebellious states 'are, and henceforward shall be free.'
Emancipation Proclamation
100
Term used for the Northern States
Union
100
Who had the largest population?
Union/North
200
Mississippi Senator; President of the Confederate States of America
Jefferson Davis
200
The battle involved the largest number of casualties of the entire war and is often described as the war's turning point.
Battle of Gettysburg
200
Lincoln's most famous speech; began with 'Four score and seven years ago'
Gettysburg Address
200
Term used for the Southern States
Confederacy
200
Who assassinated Abraham Lincoln?
John Wilkes Booth
300
18th President of the U.S.; Union Army's Commanding General
Ulysses Grant
300
It is the bloodiest single-day battle in American history, with a combined tally of 22,717 dead, wounded, or missing.
Battle of Antietam
300
The action of withdrawing formally from membership of a federation or body, especially a political state.
Secession
300
The institution that officially elects the president and vice president of the U.S.
Electoral College
300
What was the first state to secede from the Union?
South Carolina
400
American general known for commanding the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia in the American Civil War.
Robert E. Lee
400
Where did Lee surrender his Confederate Army?
Appomattox
400
This Constitutional Amendment abolished slavery forever.
13th Amendment
400
The act of killing someone for political measures.
Assassination
400
Who won most of the Southern States in the 1860 election?
John C. Breckinridge
500
Proposed Kansas-Nebraska Act; Received 2nd most popular votes in 1860 election
Stephen A. Douglas
500
Where did General Sherman march his Union Army to late in the Civil War?
Sherman's March to the Sea
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A person who spoke out against slavery.
Abolitionist
500
This Amendment granted freed slaves U.S. citizenship.
14th Amendment
500
What is one reason why people had slaves before the Civil War?
They thought God approved of it.// They were greedy.// They were raised in a society where slavery was accepted.