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100

He was the General in charge of the Confederate troops.

Who is General Robert E. Lee?

100

This was the first battle of the Civil War which was won by the South. 

What is The Battle of Bull Run? 

100
Most Civil War soldiers died from this ailment than any other. 

What is infection?

100

This novel is considered to have made people question slavery. Lincoln told its author, "So  your the little lady whose novel started this big war."

What is Uncle Tom's Cabin?

100

This plan was the main strategy for the North in order to win the Civil War. 

What is the Anaconda Plan?

200

He was the president of the Confederate States.

Who is Jefferson Davis?

200

This battle was considered to be the deadliest one-day battle in American history. 

What is the Battle of Antietam?

200

This job was developed during the Civil War and became a main career for women to this day.

What is nursing?

200

This man attacked Harper's Ferry, which is where army supplies were kept. 

Who is John Brown?

200

The part of the Anaconda Plan's strategy was to cut off supplies and trade to the South from Europe. 

What is Part 1 of the Anaconda Plan?

300

He was the president of the United States.

Who is Abraham Lincoln? 

300

This was the deadliest battle of the Civil War and was considered to be a turning point. 

What is the Battle of Gettysburg? 

300

Rose Greenhow helped the South win their first battle through this "occupation." 

What is spying?

300

This Supreme Court decision said that slaves were property and should be returned to their owners when they run away to the North. 

What is the Dred Scott decision? 

300

This part of the Anaconda Plan's strategy was to attack Richmond and take the headquarters of the South. 

What is Part 3 of the Anaconda Plan?

400

He was called "Lincoln's Butcher" by Lincoln's own wife because of his concept of "Total War." 

Who is General Ulysses S. Grant? 

400

This battle was turned into a graveyard and prompted this famous Lincoln speech to be given as a eulogy.

What is the Gettysburg Address? 

400

This battle taught Lee not to invade the North again. 

What is the Battle of Gettysburg? 

400

This state seceded from the Union once it found out Abraham Lincoln became president. 

What is South Carolina?

400
This part of the Anaconda Plan was to divide the South so they would not have access to supplies from each other. 

What is Part 2 of the Anaconda Plan?

500

This general is famous for leading his troops through the South and enacting Grant's concept of "Total War."

Who  is General Sherman?

500

This battle enabled the North to have complete control over the Mississippi River. 

What is the siege of Vicksburg? 

500

This famous reformer became a nurse during the Civil War and revolutionized the nursing profession for the United States.

Who is Dorothea Dix?

500

Slaves were able to runaway to freedom by the efforts of Harriet Tubman and this secret group.

What is the Underground Railroad?

500

This famous act by Lincoln was a war strategy used to help slaves runaway without being returned to the South. 

What is the Emancipation Proclamation?