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Who is General George G. Meade?
The Union general in charge for the Battle of Gettysburg.
100
What are contrabands?
slaves that escaped to the Union army's lines
100
What is 1863?
The Emancipation Proclamation was issued in this year
100
What is Kentucky,, Missouri, Maryland, Delaware, and West Virginia?
the 5 "border" states
100
What is a hot air balloon?
Spies used them to get above the trees to scope enemy lines
200
Who is General McClellan?
the Union general who was known as "The Virginia Creeper" for his reluctance to actually move and use his army
200
What are greenbacks?
paper money the United States began to issue during the Civil War
200
What is 4 years?
The Civil War lasted this long
200
What is Charleston, SC?
The city where Fort Sumter was located
200
What is a submarine?
The new kind of water machine that was made for the Civil war
300
Who is Winfield Scott?
the head of the miniscule United States Army at the start of the war. He was a hero of the Mexican War but by the start of the Civil War, was "too fat to even get on a horse."
300
What are Copperheads?
Democrats who opposed Lincoln in the 1864 election
300
What is $150 million?
The amount of money made legal tender through the Legal Tender Act of 1862
300
What is Just north of Manassas, Virginia?
Where the First Battle of Bull Run was fought
300
What is rifling?
the new kind of barrel that resulted in more accurate shooting due to spinning the bullet
400
Who is General Burnside?
Union general that was famous for his facial hair
400
What is Fort Sumter?
a fort in the harbor of Charleston, South Carolina, where the Union garrison came under siege by Confederate forces in an attack on April 12, 1861, beginning the Civil War
400
What is 190,000?
The number of African American Union soldiers by the end of the Civil War
400
What is Washington DC and Richmond?
The two national capitols during the Civil War
400
What is a telegraph?
New form of long distance communication
500
Who is Robert E Lee?
an American Confederate general best known as a commander of the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. He commanded the Army of Northern Virginia from 1862 until its surrender in 1865 and earned a reputation as a skilled tactician
500
What is habeas corpus?
the right of those arrested to be brought before a judge or court to determine whether there is cause to hold the prisoner
500
What is 100,000 - 110,000 soldiers?
The size of Grant's army at the Battle of Cold Harbor
500
What is the Appomattox Court House?
Where the surrender of the South took place
500
What is "Repeaters"?
the new name of guns that were able to shoot more than one shot before reloading (only available to the North)






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