The Civil War had many important events. Name one.

Why this is the answer

USCIS lists eight events and accepts any one: the Battle of Fort Sumter, the Emancipation Proclamation, the Battle of Vicksburg, the Battle of Gettysburg, Sherman's March, the Surrender at Appomattox, the Battle of Antietam (also called Sharpsburg) and the assassination of Lincoln. Several entries carry words in parentheses on the official list, such as "(Battle of) Gettysburg" and "(Surrender at) Appomattox." Saying the full form, "the Battle of Gettysburg," matches the list exactly. The easiest way to hold the list in memory is to string a few events along the timeline of the war. It opened at Fort Sumter, in South Carolina, in 1861. Two years later, in 1863, came the two events most people remember. Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, which declared the enslaved people in the rebelling states free. The same year the Union army won at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, stopping the Confederate army from invading the North. In November Lincoln spoke at the dedication of a national cemetery at Gettysburg and gave the Gettysburg Address, which asked Americans to make sure that government of the people, by the people and for the people would not disappear. The ending came in 1865. Richmond, the Confederate capital, fell, and General Robert E. Lee surrendered to General Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Court House in central Virginia. On April 14, 1865, Lincoln was killed by John Wilkes Booth at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C. Antietam, Vicksburg and Sherman's March complete the list. You do not need to explain them; naming one is a full answer. The study guide even pictures the Battle of Antietam in its chapter on the war. Watch out for a famous event from another war, such as the Boston Tea Party or Pearl Harbor. Every event on the list happened between 1861 and 1865. A shortcut that works under pressure: the war starts at Fort Sumter and ends at Appomattox, so either name answers the question.