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Civil War

Quiz by Kevin Speranza

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  • Q1
    Where first shot was fired that began the civil war.
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    Fort Sumter
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  • Q2
    Lincoln, the Republican candidate, won because the Democratic party was split over slavery. As a result, the South no longer felt like it has a voice in politics and a number of states seceded from the Union.
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    Election of 1860
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  • Q3
    Turning point of the War that made it clear the North would win. 50,000 people died, and the South lost its chance to invade the North.
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    Battle of Gettysburg
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  • Q4
    July 21, 1861. Va. (outside of D.C.) People watched battle. Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson: Confederate general, held his ground and stood in battle like a "stone wall." Union retreated. Confederate victory. Showed that both sides needed training and war would be long and bloody. Known as the Battle at Manassas by Southerners
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    Battle of Bull Run
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  • Q5
    during the civil war, a devastating total war military campaign, led by union general William Tecumseh Sherman, that involved marching 60,000 union troops through Georgia from Atlanta to Savannah and destroying everything along the way.
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    Sherman's March to the Sea
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  • Q6
    Confederate forces goes on the offensive in MARYLAND; bloodiest battle of the war resulting in the highest number of casualties in a single day
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    Battle of Antietam (Maryland)
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  • Q7
    where the surrender of the Confederate Army under Robert E. Lee To Ulysses S. Grant took place on April 9, 1865
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    Appomattox Court House
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  • Q8
    the right of states to limit the power of the federal government
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    States' rights
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  • Q9
    1863, Union gains control of Mississippi, confederacy split in two, Grant takes lead of Union armies, total war begins
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    Siege at Vicksburg
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  • Q10
    declared that all slaves in the rebelling states would be free; focus of war shifted
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    Emancipation Proclamation
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  • Q11
    3 minute speech by Abraham Lincoln on the site of the Battle of Gettysburg; hoped to reunite the union; Equality for ALL
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    Gettysburg Address
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  • Q12
    a)larger population, b)most of the factories to make supplies, c)most of the railroads located in the north, d)strong Navy, e)more money, f)they had an established government
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    Advantages of the North in the Civil War
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  • Q13
    Excellent millitary leaders, strong fighting spirit, knew the land, fighting was mostly on their turf
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    Advantages of the South in the Civil War
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  • Q14
    The U.S, Supreme Court decided he couldn't sue in federal court because he was legally classified as property (chattel), not a citizen.
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    Dred Scott Decision
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  • Q15
    (1809-1865) Sixteenth president of the United States, he promoted equal rights for ALL Americans in the famed Lincoln-Douglas debates. He issued the Emancipation Proclamation...determined to preserve the Union. He was assassinated in 1865, right after his reelection.
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    Abraham Lincoln
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