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100
The Civil War officially began with this event
What is firing on Fort Sumter?
100
This invention allowed the military to travel and transport resources quickly
What is the railroad?
100
By what authority did Lincoln issue the Emancipation Proclamation?
What is as Commander-in-chief?
100
President of the Confederacy
Who is Jefferson Davis?
100
The man who assassinated Lincoln
Who is John Wilkes Booth?
200
The destruction ravaged across Georgia by the Union
What is Sherman's March to the Sea?
200
This invention allowed the military to communicate in real time across vast distances
What is the telegraph?
200
Commander of the US army in the west, later led the entire military
Who is Ulysses S. Grant?
200
The first state to secede from the United States
What is South Carolina?
200
This officially abolished slavery in the United States
What is the 13th amendment?
300
The bloodiest single day battle in American history
What is Antietam?
300
Guns became more accurate during the civil war due to grooves inside the barrel known as this
What is rifling?
300
Name two advantages that the Union had over the Confederacy
What is larger population, more railroads, etc.
300
Name two advantages that the Confederacy had over the Union
What is home field advantage, stronger military tradition, etc.
300
The number of electoral votes Lincoln won in the South
What is zero?
400
This battle is considered the turning point of the Civil War
What is the Battle of Gettysburg?
400
The invention revealed the true horrors of war to the public for the first time
What is photography?
400
The first all black unit in the Union military
What is the 54th Massachusetts?
400
The location of the surrender of the Confederacy to General Grant
What is Appomattox Courthouse?
400
This is how most Americans would have referred to the US before the Civil War
What is "The United States are"?
500
The three main parts of the Union's Anaconda Plan
What is blockade Southern ports, take control of the Mississippi, capture Richmond?
500
Many soldiers died of infection because medics did not know to do this
What is sterilize their tools?
500
These slaves states remained in the Union and were known as the border states
What are Kentucky, Maryland, Delaware, West Virginia and Missouri?
500
The Confederate General who inspired his men by holding strong against the Union, earning him a famous nickname
Who is Stonewall Jackson?
500
The right suspended by Lincoln during the Civil War DOUBLE JEOPARDY: Define the term TRIPLE JEOPARDY: What does it literally translate to?
What is habeas corpus? The right to a trial before being imprisoned "You may have the body"