What was one way slaves worked towards their freedom?
Escaped on the Underground Railroad.
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What event started the actual conflict of the Civil War?
The South firing on Fort Sumter
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Which side did the trains and telegraph favor?
The North
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What did the Union need to do in order to win?
Invade and conquer the South
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What was the Southern economy based on?
Agriculture
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What choice did Lincoln give the South?
Stop fighting or your slaves will be freed.
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In what theater of the war was the Battle of Shiloh fought?
The Western Theater
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How were the rifles and ammo different
The rifles could be fired faster and farther and the new bullets (minie balls) more accurate
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At the start of the war what did the Confederacy have to do in order to win?
Defend their area until the North get tired.
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Whose election caused many of the southern states to secede?
Lincoln as president
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How did the Emancipation Proclaimation change the war?
It helped cripple the southern economy
It gave the war a moral goal
It helped keep European nations out of the war.
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Describe the Battle of Bull Run?
Sloppy
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How did soldiers communicate with their families?
They sent letters
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Where did some African Americans end up serving?
The Union Military
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How did the Kansas-Nebraska Act cause more problems?
Both slaver holders and abolitionists moved into the area to try to get enough votes to make the territory slave or free and they started to fight each other.
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What did the Overland Campaign result in?
A stalemate
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What was the Confederate Army’s ultimate goal in the Battle of Antietam?
Threaten Washington D.C.
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What were the hospitals like during the Civil War?
Disgusting and crowded
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What was unique about Sherman’s campaign in Georgia?
There wasn't much fighting
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How did Uncle Tom's Cabin affect the South?
It made them angry because they said it was full of lies and they felt picked on.
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What did the Emancipation Proclaimation do?
Freed the slaves in the rebel states
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What did the Union forces control at Gettysburg that made Lee’s attempts to win unsuccessful
The Union controlled the high ground
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How were cannons more deadly during the Civil War?