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Civil War and Recon
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| What attempt at preserving the union shortly before the Civil War received criticism from both southerners and northerners and proposed a reestablishment of many aspects of the Missouri Compromise? | Crittenden Compromise |
| Who was the Confederate general who was considered one of the best generals of his time and led the Confederate army against the Army of the Potomac? | Robert E. Lee |
| Who was the Union General who led the army that operated in Kentucky, Tennessee and the Mississippi River Valley? | Ulysses S. Grant |
| Which battle that ended in a Union victory was the biggest and costliest battle ever fought on American soil? | Battle of Gettysburg |
| Which battle which ended in a surprising Confederate victory had spectators from Washington D.C. and was the first battle of the Civil War? | Battle of Bull Run |
| What was the roughly 2-minute speech that President Lincoln gave at the dedication of a national cemetery that evoked the founding fathers and other revolutionary rhetoric? | Gettysburg Address |
| Which Union army operated in the Mississippi River Valley? | Army of the West |
| Which election was between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas? | Election of 1860 |
| Which general, popular with his soldiers, was eventually removed by Abraham Lincoln for his overly apprehensive commanding style? | General McClellan |
| Which election was between Abraham Lincoln and one of his former generals? | Election of 1864 |
| What action by President Lincoln freed slaves in the Confederacy? | Emancipation Proclamation |
| Which states may have had slaves and often had both Confederate and Union supporters? | Border States |
| Which battle halted Gen. Grant's advance into Virginia? | Battle of the Wilderness |
| Which Union fort was attacked by the Confederates when President Lincoln tried to resupply it? | Fort Sumter |
| What unconstitutional measure of a state leaving the United States was first executed by South Carolina? | Secession |
| What were Democrats who opposed the Civil War called? | Copperheads |
| What military action led to the eventual capture of Savannah, Georgia on December 21, 1864? | Sherman's March to the Sea |
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