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He was the commander of the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia and surrendered to Grant at Appomattox Courthouse.
Who was Robert E. Lee?
100
Located off the coast of Charleston, this is the where the first shots of the Civil War were fired in 1861.
What is Fort Sumter?
100
It is the destruction of everything along a path in order to break the morale of the enemy. Sherman's March to the Sea is a good example of this.
What is total war?
100
This new invention managed to sink a Union ship in the Charleston Harbor in an effort to break up the blockade.
What is the Hunley?
100
They believed in the cause for which they fought, were fighting to defend the homeland, and had superior leadership.
What were some strengths of the Confederate Army?
200
He was the only president of the Confederate States of America.
Who Jefferson Davis?
200
The Union launched an effective blockade of the South from this location.
What is Port Royal Sound?
200
It freed all of the slaves in the states in rebellion during the Civil War.
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
200
John Wilkes Booth did this, then jumped to the stage and fled on foot to a barn 12 miles away.
What was the assassination of President Lincoln?
200
It ended slavery once and for all.
What was an important outcome of the Civil War?
300
He was a Confederate general who was later elected Governor of South Carolina as a Conservative Democrat.
Who was Wade Hampton?
300
This town, not yet recovered from the Civil War, was seriously damaged by a hurricane and an earthquake at the end of the 19th century.
What is Charleston?
300
Surrounding a sea port so that no ships can come into the harbor or leave. It prevents trade.
What is a blockade?
300
This happened the day that President Hayes withdrew federal troops from Columbia.
What is the end of Reconstruction?
300
A primary cause was that freed blacks, who outnumbered the whites, could now vote and therefore possibly control the local government.
What was a main cause of racial tension in the south after the Civil War?
400
He burned Columbia in his famous "March to the Sea".
Who was General William T. Sherman?
400
A southern neighbor of the U.S., it gained its independence from Spain after this short war in which the United States was an ally.
What is Cuba?
400
These amendments, passed during Reconstruction, dealt with equal rights for all citizens of America.
What were the 13th, 14th and 15th amendments?
400
This event in Cuba led to the start of the Spanish American War.
What is the sinking of the USS Maine?
400
The land and homes were destroyed, major cities were in ruins, the wealth consumed by war, and one-third of the male population dead.
What was the state of South Carolina following the Civil War?
500
He was a post-Reconstruction governor of South Carolina who appealed to the small farmers.
Who was Benjamin Tillman?
500
This place was established by Ben Tillman, and was the only official place to purchase alcohol in the 1810s.
What is the State Dispensary?
500
The most extreme politicians in Congress, they wanted the south to be severely punished for starting a Civil War.
Who were the Radical Republicans?
500
These informal speeches by Ben Tillman across the state propelled him into popularity.
What are stump meetings?
500
This plan wanted to let the South up easy and reunite the country as quickly as possible.
What is Presidential Reconstruction?