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100
A slave who led others to freedom in the North on the Underground Railroad.
Who is Harriet Tubman?
100

The first battle that took place in South Carolina after the state seceded from the Union where Confederates attacked a Union fort?

What is the Battle of Fort Sumpter?

100
Who was the Union general who captured Richmond to end the War?
Who is US Grant?
100
Who did most white Virginians support during the war?
What is the Confederacy?
100
A person who wants to abolish slavery.
What is an abolitionist?
200
The President of the Union during the Civil War who issued the Emancipation Proclamation.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
200
The first battle in Virginia near Washington DC, where the Confederates held off Union advances under the leadership of the Confederate General "Stonewall" Jackson.
What is the Battle of Bull Run or Manassas?
200
What general earned his nickname at the Battle of Bull Run or Manassas by holding off the Union forces?
Who is General Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson?
200
Who did most enslaved Africans support during the war?
What is the Confederacy, because they were forced to continue to work in the fields and provide labor to support the troops.
200
What was the final cause of the 7 states deciding to secede from the Union?
What is Lincoln winning the election and becoming President?
300
A slave who led a revolt against white plantation owners killing them and their families.
Who is Nat Turner?
300
What was the battle that took place near Norfolk and Hampton between the two iron clad ships that was fought to a draw as the Confederates tried to break through the blockade.
What is the battle between the Union Monitor and the Confederate Merrimack or Virginia?
300
Who was the general who won the Battle of Fredericksburg and who surrendered at Appomattox Court House to end the war?
Who is Robert E Lee?
300

What famous award did William Harvey Carney and Powhatan Beaty win because of their heroic actions during the Civil War?

What is the Medal of Honor?

300

What was the name of the network to help slaves escape from the South to the North to freedom?

What is the Underground Railroad?

400
A man who led a raid on the armory at Harper's Ferry planning to arm slaves in an uprising.
Who is John Brown?
400

The Battle of Hampton Roads (aka the Battle of the Ironclads) ended in a _____.

What is a draw?

400
Who was the Union General who accepts the surrender at Appomattox Court House, Virginia?
Who is Ulysses S Grant?
400

Shepard Mallory, Frank Baker, and James Townsend escaped to which Union fort and became "Contraband of War?"

What is Fort Monroe?

400

What caused the state of West Virginia to be created?

What is the disagreement between the eastern and western counties of Virginia after secession?

500

The name of two women who spied on Confederates in Richmond. 

Who were Mary Bowser and Elizabeth van Lew?

500

What was the final battle of the war, when US Grant captured the Capital of the Confederacy. Confederate troops tried to burn supplies to keep the Union from getting them, but the fire spread out of control and destroyed half the city.

What is the Battle of Richmond?

500

What is the name of the strategy created by General Winfield Scott that was used to blockade southern ports?

What is the Anaconda Plan?

500
What were the differences between free Africans and enslaved Africans?
What is free Africans could own a business property but had no civil rights and enslaved Africans were treated like property and had no civil rights?
500

Why were so many Civil War battles fought in Virginia?

What is the two capitals (Washington, DC and Richmond) were very close together?