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Who took Lincoln’s place?
Andrew Johnson
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How much was spent on the Civil War?
15 Billion
100
Who assassinated Lincoln
John Wilkes Booth
100
What was the name of the party that combined War Democrats and the Republican party?
Union party
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What did the Morrill Land-Grant College Act specifically support?
Higher Education
200
Who was Lincoln's challenger from his own party?
Salmon Chase
200
How many people were killed or wounded in the war?
2% of the population
200
What was the U.S. Warship that the Confederate navy restored by plating its side with iron?
The Merrimack
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What did the Civil War inspire England to make?
Reform Bill of 1867
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On what days did the Battle of Gettysburg take place?
July 1-3, 1863
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Whose personal motto was “when in doubt, fight?”
Grant
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By the end of the Civil War, how many blacks served in the Union Army?
180,000
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Why did General Sherman destroy Georgian property?
To destroy supplies and weaken morale.
300
True or False, Lincoln wanted to completely abolish slavery where it currently existed?
False
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What city was General George B. McClellan trying to seize? And what would have happened if he had won?
Richmond and slavery would have stayed.
400
Who was the “Young Napoleon”?
General George B. McClellan
400
How many casualties did Grant suffer in the wilderness campaign?
Approx. 50,000
400
How many days after the Battle of Gettysburg did General Grant take Vicksburg?
1 day
400
What was nationalism anchored by?
French and American Revolutions
400
What accident aided McClellan in defeating Robert E. Lee in the Battle at Antietam Creek?
McClellan found Lee's battle plans wrapped around a box of cigarettes that had been dropped by a careless Confederate officer
500
Who cleared Tennessee of Confederates and opened a path to Georgia?
General Grant
500
How many Congressional Medals of Honor were awarded to black soldiers in the Civil War?
22
500
The North had six strategies to ruin the South in the war, name 3.
1. Blockade coast 2. Liberate slaves/undermine their economy 3.Sieze control of the Mississippi backbone 4. Chop Confederacy by sending troops though Georgia and the Carolinas 5. Capture Richmond and 6. Take note of the enemy’s strength and crush it
500
In which territories were slaves freed by the Emancipation Proclamation? And why?
Only the slaves in not-yet-conquered territories, because Lincoln feared that trying to free the slaves in the southern states would cause even more chaos and tension between the Union and the Confederacy, and force more slaves into the south.
500
What was the Bull Run? Who won? And how did it affect the attitudes of the losing side?
1st Civil War battle, South Won and dispelled illusions of an easily won war
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