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President of the Confederate States of America
Jefferson Davis
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Where were the first shots of the Civil War
What is Fort Sumter, SC
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Secured Union Control over the entire Mississippi River
What is Battle of Vicksburg
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What was ironic about Lincoln's opponent in the election of 1864
Former general of the Union army that Lincoln fired
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When the War began what was Abraham Lincoln's main goal?
What is To restore the Union
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Union General Nicknamed "Unconditional Surrender"; captured Vicksburg
What is Ulysses S. Grant
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Name of the strategy used by the North in the Civil War?
What is Anaconda Plan
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3-day battle; huge confederate defeat; turning point of the war
What is Gettysburg
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Which slaves actually received their freedom because of the Emancipation Proclamation?
What is All Slaves in the Confederate States
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Name all three parts of the Union's plan to conquer the South
Blockading Southern ports. Capturing the Confederate capital. Splitting the Confederacy in two by controlling the Mississippi River.
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Union General fired by Lincoln for inaction at Antietam
What is George McClellan
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Where did the surrender of Lee to Grant take place
What is Appomattox Courthouse, Virginia
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An attack on civilians and their property; psychological strategy
What is Sherman's March
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Which constitutional right granted to citizens was ignored by Lincoln during the Civil War
What is Right to know your charges when arrested and held in jail
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How did the North and South raise armies?
Both sides used conscription.
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Confederate General; earned nickname at Bull Run; shot at Chancellorsville
What is Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson
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Considered the worst prison camp of the Civil War
What is Andersonville (Georgia)
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Granted Freedom to all African Americans
What is 13th Amendment
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The Bloodies day in American Military history
What is Antietam
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Northern politicians, who opposed Lincoln and promoted peace with the South during the Civil War earned what nickname?
Copperheads
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Confederate General; protected Richmond; led invasion at Gettysburg
What is Robert E. Lee
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What were the Monitor and Merrimack?
What is Ironclad Warships
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Assassinated Abraham Lincoln
What is John Wilkes Booth
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Bonus question: Which state was readmitted to the Union Last
What is Georgia
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What was the immediate result of the "Trent Affair?"
What is Lincoln's decisions caused the US to avoid war with Great Britain.