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3. The place Lee surrendered
to Grant to end the war.
10 points
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4. What is Appomattox Court House, Virginia?

5. Firing on this began the
Civil War.
20 points
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6. What is Fort Sumter, South Carolina?

7. The first major battle.
30 points

8. What is Battle of Manassas (Bull Run)?

9. The turning point in the
Civil War.
40 points

10. What is the Battle of Gettysburg?

11. This battle divided the South when the North controlled the Mississippi River
50 points

12. What is the Battle of Vicksburg?

13. He believed that the United States should be preserved
by force if necessary.
10 points

14. Who is Abraham Lincoln?

15. free the slaves in the South.
Document written to
free the slaves in the South.
20 points

16. What is the Emancipation Proclamation?

17. He did not believe in secession, but did not think the South
should be forced to stay
part of the Union.
30 points

18. Who was Robert E. Lee?

19. A cemetery was dedicated here to honor soldiers who
died on this battlefield.
40 points

20. What is Gettysburg?

21. Name of speech that began,
“Four score and seven
years ago.”
50 points

22. What is the Gettysburg Address?

23. Confederate States of America.
The president of the
Confederate States of America.
10 points

24. Who is Jefferson Davis?

25. The general of the army that defeated the South and Lee.
20 points

26. Who is Ulysses S. Grant?

27. A skilled Confederate
general from Virginia.
30 points

28. Who is Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson?

29. The leader of the Army of
Northern Virginia.
40 points

30. Who is Robert E. Lee?

31. The former slave who
escaped and became an
abolitionist.
50 points

32. Who is Frederick Douglass?

33. A major killer during the war.
10 points

34. What is disease?

35. This group of soldiers was paid less and discriminated against.
20 points

36. Who are African American soldiers?

37. This group was left to run businesses and plantations.
30 points

38. Who are women?

39. This group fought as soldiers
for the North
during the Civil War.
40 points

40. Who are African Americans?

41. This was often brutal and
man to man.
50 points

42. What is combat?

43. Each side tried to capture
this of the other.
10 points

44. What are capital cities?

45. This side had better officers
in the Civil War.
20 points

46. What is the South?

47. The North tried to blockade
these.
30 points

48. What is Southern port cities?

49. This man urged his men to go home, stop fighting, and
rebuild their lives.
40 points

50. Who is Robert E. Lee?

51. This happened to Lincoln shortly after the end of the Civil War.
50 points

52. What is assassinated?