Charleston, South Carolina, The South took over the fort and this started the Civil War
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Who was the President for the North?
Abraham Lincoln
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Where did the Battle of Gettysburg take place?
Gettysburg, PA
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Where is Appomattox?
Virginia
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What other name was the North called? What other name was the South called?
North= Union; South = Confederacy
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How did the Union feel they could win the war?
They could take over Richmond and that would allow them to win the war
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Who is the President of the South?
Jefferson Davis
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Who won the Battle of Gettysburg? Why was this battle so significant?
North; turning point in the war
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Who met at Appomattox Court House?
General Lee and General Grant
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What happened at the Battle of Vicksburg?
The North and the South wanted to take over the Mississippi River. Grant came with a lot of men and he took over the Mississippi River which divided the Confederacy
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The Anaconda Plan was the military plan for the North or the South?
North
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Who was the general for the South?
Robert E. Lee
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Why did Lincoln give the Gettysburg Address?
To honor the people who died in the battle and to tell people that we need to keep fighting
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What happened at Appomattox Court House? What were the conditions agreed to?
The South surrendered and they agreed to specific conditions (South had to give up their weapons, had to go home peacefully, had to be loyal to the U.S.
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Describe what medical conditions were like during the Civil War.
Very poor conditions; doctors had a lack of medical training; very unsanitary which led to diseases
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True or False: The Battle of Antietam was the bloodiest single day battle in the Civil War
True
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Who was the general for the North after the Battle of Gettysburg?
Ulysses S. Grant
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What was the Emancipation Proclamation?
Proclamation issued by Lincoln stating that slavery is to be banned
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Why did the South surrender?
Surrounded in Richmond by the Union; they had a lack of resources and didn't have a choice but to surrender
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What war strategy did general grant use?
Total war- destroy anything that is useful to the enemy
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Describe Rose Greenhow's involvement in the Civil War
Rose Greenhow was a spy for the South who told all of the military secrets of the North to the South; she was arrested
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What did Lincoln do to generals who were not doing their job well? Give an example.
He fired them' General Meade got fired after Gettysburg because he didn't continue after the battle to take over Richmond
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How did the issuing of the Emancipation Proclamation show the change in Lincoln's main goal of the war?
he changed his mind about changing the goal of the war to from wanting to preserve the union to ending slavery
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Which branch of government had more power after the Civil War?