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100
battle site where Lincoln made a famous speech
What is Gettysberg?
100
served as president during the Civil War
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
100
a long drawn-out battle
What is a siege?
100
military plan to "squeeze" the South by cutting off supplies into the South and also any exports from the South
What is the Anaconda Plan?
100
friends during a war
What are Allies?
200
first attempt by General Lee to attack the North and became the bloodiest battle of the war to date with 23,000 casualties
What is the battle of Antietam?
200
Commander of the Confederate Army
Who is Robert E. Lee?
200
a barrier of ships or troops that prevents goods from entering or leaving the area
What is a blockade?
200
the Executive Order freeing the slaves in the Confederacy
What is the Emancipation Proclamatio?
200
an advancement in weaponry that allowed soldier to shoot multiple times without reloading
What is a repeating rifle?
300
a battle fought in the West that could be labeled a "turning point" in the Civil War
What is Vicksberg?
300
demanded that African Americans in the North be allowed to fight
Who is Frederick Douglass?
300
people in the North who openly supported the South
What is a Copperhead?
300
the act of requiring people to serve in the military
What is conscription?
300
a bullet that could travel further with more accuracy
What is a minie bullet?
400
first battle of the Civil War.
What is the Battle of Bull Run?
400
burned Atlanta and then made his famous "march to the sea
Who is General Sherman?
400
a long ditch dug in the ground from which soldiers fight
What is trench warfare?
400
control of free expression
What is censorship?
400
allowed for faster receipt of messages
What is the telegraph?
500
a 3 day battle in Pennsylvania that became the bloodiest battle of the Civil War with 50,000 casualties
What is the Battle of Gettysberg?
500
founded the American Red Cross
Who is Clara Barton?
500
the right of a citizen to ask a court to dicide if a prisoner is being held lawfully
What is habeas corpus?
500
slave states located between the Union and the Confederacy
What are the border states?
500
allowed to survey enemy forces from "above"
What is a hot-air balloon?