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Who Won the Civil War?
Union OR North
What amendment abolished slavery in the United States?
13th Amendment
Why was the Battle of Natural Bridge fought? (page 569)
to prevent the capture of Tallahassee
Why did Major Anderson surrender Fort Sumter? (page 516)
His men were out of food and ammunition
What form of financing involved citizens loaning money to the government, usually with interest? (page 562)
treasury bonds
Who were the Union?
North
Who was Frederick Douglass?
a formerly enslaved person who became a leading abolitionist in the mid-1800s
How did slavery give the Confederacy a military advantage? (page 555)
Enslaved labor kept the South's economy going so that more white men could fight.
Which event made southern states decide to secede? (page 516)
Lincoln's election as president
Why was Florida strategically important during the Civil War? (page 521)
Its coastline gave access to overseas shipping
Who were the Confederates?
Where did General Lee surrender to General Grant?
Appomattox Court House ,Cold Harbor, Richmond or Savannah.
Appomattox Court House
What "greater moral purpose" did President Lincoln define for the North? (page 554)
ending slavery
Which of the following caused the most deaths among Civil War soldiers? (page 525)
disease
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Turning Point of the Civil War - Lincoln gave a speech afterward
Battle of Gettysburg
Who was the President of the Confederate States during the Civil War?
Ulysses S. Grant ,Robert E. Lee, Abraham Lincoln Or Jefferson Davis?
Jefferson Davis
What guaranteed African Americans equal justice under the law?
14th Amendment, Emancipation Proclamation, 13th Amendment or 15th Amendment.
14th Amendment
How did General Jackson get the nickname "Stonewall"?
He stood firm against enemy fire at the First Battle of Bull Run
Why were the rifles used during the Civil War better than the muskets soldiers used in earlier wars? (page 524)
The barrels had grooves
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Cut the Confederacy in half and gave the Union control over the Mississippi
Siege of Vicksburg
Why was southern agriculture economically devastated by the Civil War?
Southern farmers no longer had enslaved people to work their plantations
What was the major cause of death among Civil War soldiers?
drug addiction, malnutrition or starvation, injuries inflicted on the battlefield or infectious diseases?
infectious diseases
Why was Florida strategically important during the Civil War? (page 521)
Its coastline gave access to overseas shipping
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Final battle of the Civil War - General Lee surrendered to General Grant
Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse
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Bloodiest single day of the Civil War - led to the Emancipation Proclamation
Battle of Antietam