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100
Who was president of the Confederacy during the Civil War?
Who is Jefferson Davis
100
What battle officially started the Civil War?
What is Fort Sumter
100
A soldier who is killed, wounded, captured, or missing in battle
What is casualty
100
Who was not a presidential candidate in 1860: John C. Calhoun, John Bell, Abraham Lincoln, Stephen Douglas, or John Breckinridge
Who is John C. Calhoun
100
The capital city of the Confederacy was
What is Richmond
200
Clara Barton worked with wounded soldiers and later founded what organization?
What is the American Red Cross
200
The single bloodiest day of the entire Civil War took place at
What is Antietam
200
to formally join a military force
What is enlist
200
In the congressional election of 1858, the Senate race in what state was the center of national attention?
What is Illinois
200
Nickname of a Confederate soldier
What is Rebel
300
Abolitionist who led the raid on Harpers Ferry, Virginia
Who is John Brown
300
The first major battle of the Civil War was at
What is Bull Run
300
a person who is running away from legal authority
What is fugitive
300
Southerners justified secession with what theory?
What is states' rights
300
What Supreme Court decision meant that the Constitution protected slavery?
What is the Dred Scott case
400
This general was a casualty at Chancellorsville
Who is Stonewall Jackson
400
The turning point of the Civil War came when the Union won two decisive victories - one at Gettysburg, the other where?
What is Vicksburg
400
a person who dies for a great cause
What is martyr
400
What 1865 constitutional amendment abolished slavery in the U.S.?
What is the 13th amendment
400
These were armed pro-slavery groups of Missourians who went to Kansas to vote
What is border ruffians
500
Who proposed that neither Congress nor local governments had the authority to ban slavery from a territory?
Who is John C. Calhoun
500
General Lee surrendered to General Grant in a small Virginia village called
What is Appomattox Court House
500
to place in a strong defensive position
What is entrench
500
What plan specified that slavery should be prohibited in any lands that might be acquired from Mexico?
What is the Wilmot Proviso
500
What was the Republican party's position on slavery?
What is slavery should be left where it existed but be excluded from the territories