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AP US History Touart- American Pageant (Chapter 21) The Civil War

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262991458Battle of First Manassas (First Battle of Bull Run)What was the first major military engagement of the Civil War?
262991459George McClellanWho was the Union commander of the Army of the Potomac whose delays in 1862 caused him to fail in the capture of Richmond?
262991460Robert E. LeeWho was the audacious commander of the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia whose victories in the Seven Day's Battle and at Second Bull Run secured him legendary status?
262991461MonitorWhat was the name of the Union ironclad which successfully repelled an assault on the blockade by a Confederate ironclad in 1862?
262991462prevented foreign intervention, prompted the Emancipation ProclamationWhat were the two long term consequences of the Battle of Antietam?
262991463only freed southern slaves (not border states)What was odd about the slave liberation of the Emancipation Proclamation?
26299146413th AmendmentWhat officially ended slavery in the United States?
262991465Frederick DouglassAfrican-American troops made up about 10 percent of the Union army, what abolitionist was instrumental in the creation of several of these regiments?
262991466Ft. PillowAt what site were African American soldiers massacred after surrendering to Confederate forces?
262991467BurnsideWhat general was selected to lead the Army of the Potomac following the battle of Antietam?
262991468FredericksburgWhat battle was a smashing victory for the Confederacy after the Union army launched a foolish frontal attack on December 13, 1862?
262991469ChancellorsvilleWhat battle in May 1863 was an enormous Confederate victory but resulted in the death of Stonewall Jackson?
262991470George MeadeWho was the Union general who was victorious in the battle of Gettysburg?
262991471Pickett's ChargeWhat was the name of the last ill-fated assault at Gettysburg on July 3, 1863 that spelled the beginning of the end of the Confederacy?
262991472Ulysses GrantWhat Union commander emerged as a great general after the battles of Ft. Henry, Ft. Donelson, Shiloh, and the siege of Vicksburg?
262991473David FarragutWho was the Union naval commander who successfully captured New Orleans in 1862 and Mobile in 1864?
262991474VicksburgWhat was the battle in July of 1863 that forever cost the Confederacy the control over the Mississippi and states to the west and is considered the crucial turning point in the western theater of the war?
262991475William ShermanWho was the Union commander who led an infamous "march to the sea" where he adopted scorched earth tactics and burned the cities of Atlanta and later Columbia?
262991476CopperheadsWhat was the term for northern extreme "Peace Democrats" like Clement Vallandigham of Ohio who undermined the Union war effort?
262991477Stephen DouglasWho was the leader of the Northern Democrats whose death in 1861 led to the breakdown of the northern Democrats loyalty to the Union?
262991478The Man Without a CountryWhat was the fictional novel by Edward Everett Hale describing the significance of the Peace Democrats?
262991479Union PartyUnder what party did President Lincoln win reelection in 1864?
262991480George McClellanWho did Lincoln defeat to be reelected in the election of 1864?
262991481Appomattox CourthouseAt what site did General Lee surrender to the forces under General Grant?
262991482John Wilkes BoothWho was responsible for the assassination of Abraham Lincoln?

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