Civil War 1
Civil War 2
Civil War 3
Civil War 4
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Who was President of the Union/The United States during the War Between the States?
Abraham Lincoln
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What is the name for the new country formed by the states that decided to seceed from the U.S.?
The Confederate States of America
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The Confederacy
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What battle started the civil war?
The attack on Fort Sumter i
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What is an abolitionist?
A person who wants slaves to be freed and for slavery to be permanently abolished.
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What did the Emancipation Proclamation do?
Declared that slaves in the Confederate states were free.
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Who was Harriet Tubman?
A "conductor" of the "Underground Railroad" who helped slaves escape to freedom.
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Who won the civil war?
Union- the North
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What was the first state to secede from the United States?
South Carolina
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The economy of the south was heavily reliant on their __________ crops.
Cotton.
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Name one major advantage the Union had in the war.
Larger Population, Abundant natural resources, more manufacturing and more railroads.
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Who was General Robert E. Lee?
The most famous General for The Confederacy and of the civil war.
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In what year did Robert E. Lee and the Confederate Army surrender?
1865
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Who gave the Gettysburg address?
President Abraham Lincoln
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What does secede mean?
to break away from, to remove oneselve
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What battle is considered the "turning point" of the war?
the Battle of Gettysburg
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What state is Gettysburg in?
Pennsylvania
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Who was Jefferson Davis?
President of the Confederate States of America.
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How many slave states remained in the Union?
Four.
Maryland, Missouri, Delaware, and Kentucky.
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What was the Capital of the Confederacy
Richmond, Virginia
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What was one major reason the Southern States seceded?
The election of Abraham Lincoln as president in 1860