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What did the Union officers do with the 'contraband' or captured blacks?
Forced them to fight
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What is the primary intent of the 13th amendment to the Constitution of the United States?
To outlaw slavery in all of the states that make up the United States
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What happened on April 9, 1865?
Confederate General Robert E Lee surrendered to Union General Ulysses S Grant; this marked the official end of the war
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How did the slaves in the South help in the war effort for the Confederacy?
They fought, farmed, worked factories, did construction work
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Why wasn't much left in the stores in Gettysburg when the soldiers arrived?
Towns people had heard that soldiers were coming so they took their livestock and goods and got them out of town
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Why do most historians believe that Lincoln's death was tragic for America?
Aside from being much loved by many Americans, his plans for uniting the North and South sounded relatively mild compared to what actually did happen
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Why did it take special courage for the blacks to fight in the union army?
Because there was so much bigotry, they were often placed on the front lines in the worst part of the fighting; also, they knew if they were captured, they would not be treated like other soldiers
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Why did soldiers start destroying enemy civilian property on purpose?
They thought that if they made life difficult for the civilians, the civilians would stop supporting the war effort
SEE #1 pg 166
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How did Lincoln say he wanted to treat southerners after the war?
He said he wanted to welcome them back into the United States, as long as they obey the laws of the constitution and the Emancipation Proclamation
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What happened at the Battle of the Wilderness?
The armies of Grant and Lee attacked each other; thousands of men were killed from either gunfire or the fires that broke out in the thick forrest in which they were fighting
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Why did general grant change plans and decide to attack Petersburg instead of Richmond?
He realized it would be extremely difficult to battle Lee directly and win; however, Petersburg was the supply center for Lee's army, so he thought that if he captured Petersburg he could starve Lee's army in the Confederate capital into submission
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How did the union army cross the James River?
They positioned pontoon lake boats across the river and then put long planks of wood over them to form a kind of road
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What was the confederate plan of battle at Gettysburg?
The confederate army used artillery to fire upon the union forces for two hours nonstop; they hoped that would put the union forces out of commission, so they could advance upon them; after the bombardment Major General pick it let it charge of confederate forces on the attack
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What was one of the most important problems facing the nation immediately following the war?
The President and other leaders needed to plan for how the South was going to be brought back into the Union; they needed to consider both white and black Southerners; many Northerners wanted white southerners to be punished, others were willing to forgive them, the newly freed slaves need training, education, land and jobs
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How did President Lincoln die?
A man named John Wilkes Booth shot him in the back of the head while the president was attending a play in Ford's theater in Washington DC with his wife and friends
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How did the Union army fail to take advantage of its upper hand over the Confederate army after Gettysburg?
Lincoln ordered General Meade to attack the retreating Confederate army, but Meade hesitated and the Confederates made it back to Virginia
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What happened in Vicksburg, Mississippi that changed the war?
General grant held the city hostage by blockading the city's port and not letting any citizens in or out; then he bombed the city for 48 days; the entire city, including some 30,000 soldiers, surrendered to Grant; the victory meant that the Union forces were now in control of the Mississippi River
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What happened to the Confederate army at Gettysburg?
Because their artillery barrage had mostly flown over the Union forces, when they attacked, using an old fashion frontal assault, they were killed by a Union troops who shot at them from behind the stone wall
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Which general's march during America's Great War is one of the most famous in history? Where did it travel and why is it so infamous? What is the march called?
General William Tecumseh Sherman's "March to the Sea" from Tennessee through Georgia and then up the coast of the Carolinas; was horribly brutal and destroyed absolutely everything, completely flattened victims leaving them with nothing to eat, nowhere to go, no homes, farms, tools, livestock...nothing
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What happened at Five Forks? Why was this important?
General Pickett of the Confederacy initially won the battle and held Five Forks; however, the Union army fought back and captured the town; this was a very important victory for the Union because Five Forks was a place where several main roads and a railroad line all converged; it was a place where the Confederacy received its supplies and food
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What were the official surrender terms written by Grant?
The Southern soldiers could go home as long as they promised not to fight against the Union ever again; they had to give up their guns, but they could keep their horses; Grant broke the normal traditions of war and did not require that either Lee or the soldiers give up their side arms which were their swords