Who was the president of the United States during the Civil War?
Abraham Lincoln
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Where was the famous speech given that Abraham Lincoln gave after an important battle?
Gettysburg, PA
100
What year did the war begin?
1861
100
What is Freedman's Bureau?
An organization that helped former slaves get food, supplies and an education.
100
Where did Sherman's Army march?
Atlanta to Savannah
200
Who was president of the Conferderate States of America?
Jefferson Davis
200
What fort was attacked and caused the war to begin?
Fort Sumter
200
When did the war end?
1865
200
What is sharecropping?
A landowner gives someone a cabin, seed and a mule. The other person farms the land and the owner gives them some of the money when the harvest is sold.
200
What amendment states that everyone is free?
13th Amendment
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Who was the general for the Union?
General Ulysses S. Grant
300
Where was the first battle of the war fought?
Bull Run, Manassas
300
What are the states that seceeded from the United States called?
Confederate States of America
300
What is reconstruction?
rebuilding
300
Who assassinated Abraham Lincoln?
John Wilkes Booth
400
Who is the general for the Confederate Sates?
General Robert E. Lee
400
What ended the war?
Sherman's March to the Sea
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What are the states that remained with the United States called?
Union
400
What is segregation?
When white people and black people were separated because of color.
400
What is a tarriff?
taxes
500
Who was shot by his own men?
Stonewall Jackson
500
Where did Robert E. Lee surrender?
Appomatox Courthouse
500
What document allowed some slaves their freedom and allowed them to join the military?
Emancipation Proclamation
500
Was life better for the slaves after the war?
No, they were still treatred badly, made little money and did not have the same rights as white people.