When and Where was the battle that started the Civil War?
1861, in Fort Sumter
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Who was Abraham Lincoln and what role did he play in the Civil War?
Lincoln was the president of the United States of that time. His role in the Civil War was to save the Union and keep this nation a whole.
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What side was the North on?
The Union.
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What side was the south on?
The confederate.
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What was the first major battle of the Civil War?
The First Battle of Bull Run
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What did David Farragut do to conquer New Orleans?
Confederates launched burning rafts at his ships. Farragut had made it between the two confederate forts and from there, he destroyed the city, causing it to fall.
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What were some advantages for the north?
Bigger population, larger railroad miles, more industrial establishments, and larger exports.
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What were the advantages for the south?
More cotton bales
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What was the battle that "finally turned the tide against the Confederates"?
Battle of Gettysburg
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Who was one of the most important general for the Union army?
General Grant.
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What were the border states, the slave states that did not join the union?
Delaware, Kentucky , Maryland, and Missouri.
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What were the confederate states?
Texas, Mississippi, Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, South and North Carolina, Tennessee, Louisiana, and Virginia.
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What was the name of the battle in which the Union army gained greater control of the Mississippi River valley?
The Battle of Shiloh
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Who was General Robert E. Lee assigned to?
The confederate army.
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What were all the Union states?
California, Oregon, Kansas, Illinois, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, Iowa, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, Vermont, Maine, and Massachusetts.
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What was the "bloodiest single-day battle of the Civil War?
The Battle of Antietam
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What were two strategies that General Winfield Scott created?
1. Destroy the south's economy with a naval blockade of southern ports . 2. Gain control of the Mississippi river to divide at the south.