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Union
Confederacy
Abraham Lincoln
Antebellum
Battles
100
What was the color of the North's uniforms?
blue coats
100
What was the color of the South's uniforms?
Gray coats
100
Which elections did Lincoln when the Presidency?
1860 & 1864
100
Which controversial War led to the acquisition of the land ceded my Mexico?
US / Mexican War (Polk's War)
100
Turning Point of the Civil War was a battle in Pennsylvania?
Gettysburg
200
What was the nickname of the Union soldiers?
Billy Yank or Yankees
200
What was the nickname given to the Southern soldiers?
Johnny Reb or Rebels
200
Who assassinated Lincoln?
John Wilkes Booth
200
Through the Compromise of 1850, it was decided that slavery in the territories would be decided through what?
Popular Sovereingty
200
First official battle of the Civil War -- a 33 hour bombardment of a Union Fort in South Carolina.
What is Fort Sumpter?
300
What was the North's 3 point stategy known as?
Anaconda Plan
300
Who was the President of the CSA?
Jefferson Davis
300
Who said, "A house divided against itself can not stand".
Lincoln
300
What was the name of the influential book written by Harriet Beecher Stowe?
Uncle Tom's Cabin
300
considered to be the bloodiest day of the Civil War.
What is Antietam?
400
Who was the general of the North at the end of the Civil War?
US Grant
400
What was the main war strategy of the South?
Defend
400
What was Lincoln's primary objective with the onset of the Civil War?
preserve the Union
400
Which Supreme Court decision threw the nation into a frenzy -- stating slaves were property and could be taken anywhere?
Dred Scott Decision
400
known as the picnic battle outside of DC
What is Bull Run (Manassas)
500
Who did Lincoln first ask to be General of the Union Army?
Robert E Lee
500
Which state was the first to secede?
South Carolina
500
What was Lincoln's nickname?
Honest Abe
500
Who was our 12th President -- He favored the North but died in office before he could initiate any major contributions?
Zachary Taylor
500
This was a Conferderate victory but they lost their famous general -- Stonewall Jackson
What is Chancellorsville?