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100
The author of Uncle Tom's Cabin
Who is Harriet Beecher Stowe?
100
Great Confederate general who was accidentally shot by his own men as he rode into camp after dark
Who is Stonewall Jackson?
100
Where the first shot of the Civil War was fired
What is Fort Sumter?
100
The city that served as the capital of the Confederacy
What is Richmond, Virginia?
100
The advantages that the North had over the South in the Civil War
What are more manpower, more factories and a better rail system?
200
The woman known as the "Angel of the Battlefield"
Who is Clara Barton?
200
The great general who served as commander of the Confederate forces
Who is Robert E. Lee?
200
This bloody battle was fought in Pennsylvania. It prompted a famous speech by President Lincoln.
What is Gettysburg?
200
This city was the last Confederate port on the Mississippi to fall, severing the South from supply lines in the West
What is Vicksburg, Mississippi?
200
The first ironclad ship of the Civil War, constructed by the south
What is the Merrimac?
300
The Union general who burned Atlanta, Savannah and Columbia
Who is William T. Sherman?
300
This is the number of states that joined the Confederacy
What is eleven (11)?
300
This was the first MAJOR battle of the Civil War?
What is Bull Run (Manassas)?
300
The location where Robert E. Lee surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant
What is Appomattox Court House?
300
The first Union ironclad ship
What is the Monitor?
400
A man could avoid the draft by paying this amount for exemption
What is $300?
400
The Confederate general who led the charge on Cemetery Ridge at the Battle of Gettysburg
Who is George E. Pickett?
400
This battle was labeled the "bloodiest day" of the entire Civil War
What is Antietam?
400
The state which temporarily upset the balance between free and slave states in 1850
What is California?
400
The advantages that the South had over the North in the Civil War
What are more motivation, better preparation and better military leaders?
500
The Union general best known for the way he trimmed his whiskers and combed out the hair on the side of his face
Who is A.E. Burnside?
500
Bold, flamboyant officer whom Robert E. Lee called "the eyes of the army" because he gained information on Northern troop movements
Who is Jeb Stuart?
500
The year in which the Civil War came to an end
What is 1865?
500
Three of the five slave states that remained in the Union
What are Missouri, Kentucky, West Virginia, Maryland or Delaware?
500
This Executive Order of 1863 freed the slaves in the states which had seceded.
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?