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Important People
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War Life
Odds and Ends
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Ulysses S. Grant
Who was the commander of the Union Army?
100
They ran the family businesses, tended to farms, served as nurses, and sewed uniforms
How did women contribute to the war effort?
100
Fort Sumter, South Carolina
Where were the first shots fired that began the Civil War?
100
54th Massachusettes
What was the name of the first African American troops to fight for the Union?
100
Emancipate
A word that means to free someone.
200
Abraham Lincoln
Who was The President of the United States during the Civil War?
200
George Meade
Who led the Union Troops at the Battle of Gettysburg?
200
Antietam
Where was one of the bloodest battles in U.S. history held?
200
A famous short speech made by Abraham Lincoln to declare a battlefield as a national cemetary.
What is the Gettysburg Address?
200
blockade
A word meaning to block off a seaport is...
300
Clara Barton
Who was a nurse in the war who later founded the American Red Cross?
300
Robert E. Lee
Who was the Commander of the Confederate Army during the Civil War?
300
Appomattox Courthouse
Where was the meeting place for the surrender of the Confederate Army ?
300
" All persons held as slaves within any state shall be thenceforth and forever free."
What is a quote from the Emancipation Proclamation?
300
total war
What is an all out war to totally destroy people's will and ability to fight?
400
Charlotte Forten
What free African American, from Philadelphia, said the celebration of the Emancipation Proclamation was "a brilliant dream"?
400
Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson
Who was the Confederate general who stood against the Union at the battle of Bull Run?
400
Bull Run
Where was the first major battle of the Civil War fought and the result was victory for the South?
400
The Emanipation Proclamation
What was the official announcement leading to the freeing of slaves called?
400
1865
What year did the Civil War End?
500
William Sherman
Who was the general that burned Atlanta then marched to Savannah cutting a 300 mile path of destruction across Georgia?
500
Robert Gould Shaw
Who led an attack on Fort Wagner, in Charleston, South Carolina?
500
Richmond, Virginia
Where was the capital of the Confederacy?
500
Anaconda Plan
1. Block off seaports 2. Take control of the Mississippi 3. To invade from the east and west
500
620,000
About how many people died in the Civil War?