What is the economic divide between North and South in the United States?
North relied heavily on Industry, South relied almost exclusively on slave labor
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What did the Emancipation Proclamation do?
Ended Slavery in the Confederate States
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What was the deadliest war in U.S. History?
The Civil War. The war accounted for roughly as many American deaths as all American deaths in other U.S. wars combined. Between 670,000 and 750,000-- including 50,000 civilians.
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Who killed Abraham Lincoln?
John Wilkes Booth
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What is free verse?
It is poetry witout a fixed pattern of meter and rhyme.
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Who was Abraham Lincoln's Wife
Mary Lincoln
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Where did the deadliest battle in the Civil War take place? Lincoln later gave a famous address there.
The Battle of Gettysburg
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Why was Lincoln Assassinated?
It was part of a larger plan to revive the Confederacy.
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What is rhyme scheme
A consistent pattern of rhyming words at line endings throughout a poem.
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Who led the Union Forces in the Civil War?
Ulysses S. Grant
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What is another name given to the Civil War?
The War Between the States.
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When was Lincoln assissinated?
On April 14, 1865-- just five days after General Robert E. Lee surrendered the Confederate troops.
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Name 6 of the first 7 states to secede from the Union
South Carolina, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Texas
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Who led the Confederate forces in the Civil War
Robert E. Lee
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How many states seceeded from the Union-- joining the Confederacy?
11 southern slave states
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Who became President following Lincoln's Assassination?
Vice President Andrew Johnson
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Where did the Civil War begin?
Fort Sumter, South Carolina. Confederates demands to take a Federal (Union) fort. Confederates decided to stop negotiating and opened fire on the fort on April 12, 1861.
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What is an allegory?
A story in which the characters, objects, or actions have a meaning beyond the surface of the story
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When did the Civil War take place?
1861-1865
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How was Lincoln a National Martyr?
He died for two causes he believed in (slavery abolishment and the reunion of the country) and his death was bemoaned by both Republicans and Democrats and he remains one of the greatest Presidents in American history.