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100
This woman was responsible for the North's loss at Bull Run.
Who is Rose Greenhow?
100
This event started the Civil War.
What is the attack on U.S. ships from Fort Sumter?
100
This name was given to Lincoln's strategy to beat the South in the Civil War.
What is the Anaconda Plan?
100
This Executive Order allowed police to throw people who were against the Civil War into jail.
What is suspending the writ of habeas corpus?
100
The main character of "Gone with the Wind."
Who is Scarlett O' Hara?
200
This man was the primary General for the Confederacy.
Who is General Robert E. Lee?
200
This was the first major battle of the Civil War and the only one that the North decisively lost.
What is the Battle of Bull Run?
200
This phase of the Anaconda Plan was to attack and win Richmond, Virginia.
What is the third phase of the Anaconda Plan?
200
This Executive Order led to the freeing of the slaves in the South.
What is the Emancipation Proclamation.
200
The name of the courthouse where the General Lee and General Grant meet to end the Civil War.
What is Appomatox?
300
He was the President of the Confederacy.
Who is Jefferson Davis?
300
This is the second major battle of the Civil War which ended in a draw. It is the bloodiest battle in U.S. history (fought in one day).
What is the Battle of Antietam
300
This phase of the Anaconda Plan was to take over the Mississippi River and divide the South.
What is the second phase of the Anaconda Plan?
300
This speech was basically a eulogy for the death of approximately 51,000 soldiers from the last major battle of the Civil War.
What is the Gettysburg Address?
300
They were the first regiment of black soldiers to fight in the U.S. armed forces.
What is the 54th Regiment?
400
This was Lincoln's favorite general. He was known for "total war," which earned him the title of "Lincoln's Butcher."
Who is General Ulysses S. Grant?
400
This is the bloodiest battle in U.S. history over three days. It marks a turning point in the Civil War.
What is the Battle of Gettysburg?
400
This phase of the Anaconda Plan was to blockade the ports of the South and restrict trade.
What is the first phase of the Anaconda Plan?
400
This speech, which states, ". . . with malice towards none..." outlines the actions taken after the Civil War to help reconstruct the South.
What is Lincoln's second inaugural address?
400
The Merrimac and the Monitor were the first ships to have this name due to a new material used in their construction.
What is ironsides?
500
This general was known for his famous "march to the sea" which annihilated many major southern cities. He had a tank named after him.
Who is General Sherman?
500
Which city was under siege during the second phase of Lincoln's Anaconda Plan?
What is the city of Vicksburg?
500
This was the name of Grant's strategy to win the Civil War. It included Sherman's March to the Sea and his successive battles to win Richmond.
What is "Total War?"
500
This, the most famous speech by Lincoln, starts out "Four score 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."
What is the Gettysburg Address?
500
The Confederacy started this practice in order to have enough men for war. Now each male must sign up for this when he turns 18 years old.
What is the Draft?