50 points
1. The roles of significant individuals:
Jefferson Davis–the President of the Confederacy
Ulysses S. Grant–the most significant Union General responsible for ultimate victory
Robert E. Lee–the most significant Confederate general
Abraham Lincoln–the President of the Union
2. Significant Events:
Ft. Sumter–the first battle (1861)
the Emancipation Proclamation–President Lincoln's order that all slaves in rebelling territories would be free (January 1863)
the Battle of Gettysburg–the turning point of the war (July 1863)
the Battle of Vicksburg (July 1863)
the Appomattox Court House (April 1865)
the Assassination of Abraham Lincoln (April 1865)
the Gettysburg Address
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