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He was the President of the United States of America during the Civil War.
Who is Abraham Lincoln
100
This battle marks the beginning of the Civil War
What is Fort Sumter
100
This is the name given to a speech that is delivered by a newly elected President. This speech marks the beginning of his/her term of office.
What is the Inaugural Address
100
This was the original goal of the North.
What is to preserve the union
100
This war strategy encouraged Grant and Sherman to use destruction as a means of demoralizing the South and proving that further resistance was useless.
What is Total War
200
He was the general of the Confederate army during the Civil War.
Who is Robert E. Lee
200
This was the location (city) that hosted Robert E. Lee's surrender to Ulysses S. Grant.
What is Appomattox Court House
200
“Fourscore and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal” is a direct quote from this document/speech.
What is the Gettysburg Address
200
The goal of the North changed as the war continued. This speech/document represented the change in the North's goal.
What is the Emancipation Proclamation
200
To "leave" the Union
What is to secede
300
He was the general and commander of the Union armies during the late years of the Civil War.
Who is Ulysses S. Grant
300
In this battle, General Robert E. Lee led his troops north in hopes of capturing Maryland as a Confederate state. Instead, his efforts led to the bloodiest day in American history.
What is the Battle of Antietam
300
"Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction" is a quote form which document/speech?
What is the Thirteenth Amendment
300
The Union blockade strategy in the Civil War was appropriately given this nickname.
What is the Anaconda Plan.
300
He was a Confederate soldier who earned his nickname for his bravery in battle. He was and killed shot by friendly fire.
Who is Stonewall Jackson
400
He was the President of the Confederate States of America during the Civil War.
Who is Jefferson Davis
400
In this battle, Geenral Robert E. Lee attempted to invade the North by entering Pennsylvania. General Lee failed, as he lost ¼ of his troops in the bloodiest overall battle in American history.
What is Gettysburg
400
“This done, each officer and man will be allowed to return to his home, not to be disturbed by U. S. authority so long as they observe their paroles and the laws in force where they may reside” is a direct quote from this document.
What are the Terms of Surrender
400
This was the unsuccessful southern strategy that was developed with the hope of creating allies through the exchange of an abundant crop.
What is Cotton Diplomacy
400
He was an abolitionist (ex-slave) who encouraged African Americans to enlist as a Union soldier and participate in the Civil War.
Who is Frederick Douglass
500
Of 39 total students, this (#) was the class rank of West Point graduate General Robert E. Lee.
What is 2
500
These were the four general locations of battles during the Civil War.
What are railroads, waterways, Washington D.C., and Richmond VA
500
“All persons held as slaves within any state, or part of a state, the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the United States shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free” is a direct quote from this document/speech.
What is the Emancipation Proclamation
500
This was the name of the strategic charge led by General Robert E. Lee on the final day of the Battle of Gettysburg.
What is Pickett's Charge
500
These two ironclad ships represented a revolution in naval warfare.
What are the Monitor and the Merrimack