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What is important about the year 1861?
The Civil War began
What flag represents the South in the Civil War?
Confederate
Who led the Union in 1864-1865?
Ulysses Grant
When did the United States make a plan to bring the Confederate States back to the Union?
After General Lee surrendered at Appomattox Courthouse.
Sectionalism, States' Rights, and Slavery led to what?
the Civil War
How are the Battle of Saratoga in the Revolutionary War and the Battle of Gettysburg similar?
They were the turning points inn the wars.
What is Sherman's March to the Sea?
It was a campaign to make the civilians abandon the Confederate cause. This included destruction of life and property.
Name 3 things that describe Abraham Lincoln
He was 16th president of the United States, he helped end slavery, was from Illinois, and he was a Republican.
Where did General Lee surrender to the Union?
At a private home Appomattox County, Virginia.
Yorktown is where the surrender happens in the Revolutionary War. Where does it happen in the Civil War
It occurred at Appamattox Court House, Virginia.
What is important about Vicksburg?
That is the Battle that the Union gained control of the Mississippi River.
Who was from Mississippi and became president of the Confederacy.
Jefferson Davis
In the poem by Walt Whitman with Captain, my captain, who is the captain that has fallen?
Abraham Lincoln was assassinated.
What leadership qualities does Lincoln give?
He gives vision through common principles.
Where were the first shots of the Civil War?
Fort Sumter
Which slaves were supposed to freed by the Emancipation Proclamation?
Slaves living in the Confederacy.
What does Lincoln discuss in 2nd Inaugural Address?
Compassion
What does Lincoln discuss about when he says the Union gave each state liberty?
This was regarding a state's ability to secede.
Why does Lincoln say we must not be enemies?
The Union matters more than the disagreements between States.
What happened at Appamattox Court House in 1865?
The South (Confederate States) surrendered.
What did blocking the ports do to the Confederate troops?
They could not use agricultural exports for money.
Who was the supreme military commander of the Confederacy during the Civil War?
Robert E. Lee
How did losing the Mississippi River hurt the South?
What was one advantage Confederate troops had in the war?
They knew the land better that the North most of the time.
What "interest" was the cause of the Civil War?
Slavery