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Who was in charge of the Union Army during the Peninsula Campaign?
General George B. McClellan
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What was the Virginia plated with?
Iron Railroad rails
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Who won the Battle of Antietam?
The Union
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After what battle did Lincoln give the Emancipation Proclamation?
Antietam
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How many militia men did Abraham Lincoln call for?
75,000 militiamen
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What did the victory at Bull Run ensure?
If the South lost, it would lose slavery as well.
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What was the Union's first ironclad?
The USS Monitor
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What happened at the Second battle of Bull Run?
General Lee crushed the New Union General John Pope.
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Who wrote the Emancipation Proclamation?
Abraham Lincoln
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What did the first battle of Bull run do psychologically?
It swelled the South’s already too-large ego.
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What did McClellan capture before going to Richmond?
Yorktown, Virginia
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True or False: The union Blockade started off strong.
False, Union Blockade started with gaps but hammered down soon after.
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What did the War turn into?
The war wasn’t just to save the Union, it was to free the slaves a well.
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What did Angry Southerners cry out?
Lincoln was stirring up trouble and trying to incite a slave insurrection.
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What is the March to the Sea?
When Sherman cut up railroad tracks, burning fields and crops, and destroying everything.
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What is General Lee's counter-attack called?
The Seven Days’ Battles
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Why did Great Britain recognize the Union Blockade?
Britain herself often used blockades in her wars.
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Why didn't European Powers help the South?
After the Union army displayed unexpected power at Antietam.
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What did the controversy of the Emancipation Proclamation cause?
Many soldiers refused to fight for abolition and deserted.
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What city did Sherman capture and burn down?
Atlanta, GA
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What was McClellan downside?
He was a perfectionist who always was scared of taking risks and rarely advanced on his own.
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What was the lesson of the Monitor vs. the Merrimack battle?
Boats needed to be steam-powered and armored
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What did the Emancipation Proclamation say to do?
It was a proclamation that was announced on January 1, 1863 in which Lincoln said the slaves would be free in the seceded states, but not the border states. It didn’t actually free the slaves, but gave the general idea.
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What did the Emancipation Proclamation succeed in?
Undermining the labor of the South. Many slaves, upon hearing the proclamation, left their plantations.
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When did Grant capture Vicksburg
July 4, 1863