Civil War and Gettysburg
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- Q1What is a Civil War?war within a countrya revolutionwar between three countrieswar between two countries30s
- Q2What was the main cause of the American Civil War?Debate over the Transatlantic Slave TradeDebate over whether there should be three countries-North, South and West.Debate over slavery in new states/territoriesDebate over Virginia's Rights30s
- Q3What was the main platform of the Republican Party?outlaw slavery in all states and territoriesSupport states' rightsSupport the extension of slaveryStop the spread of slavery to new states/territories30s
- Q4Who was the Republican candidate for president in 1860?B. FrankHonest AbeT.JeffG Dubs30s
- Q5What was the immediate result of Lincoln winning the 1860 election (with only Northern states)?11 states secededThe seven states in the Deep South seceded.all of the union secededLincoln governed the entire country in peace30s
- Q6What decision to Lincoln make?Go to war to save the unionGo to war with BritainLet the union goLet the Confederate States go30s
- Q7The Southern states that seceded became known as theUnited StatesSlave StatesFoundational StatesConfederacy30s
- Q8Before Gettysburg, the Confederate States had the momentum after ______.winning battles at Fredericksburg and Chancellorsvillewinning the Revolutionary Warwinning Gettysburgwinning the Civil War30s
- Q9The Confederate and Union armies met at Gettysburg because of __________.slaverystates' rightsshoesthe area road system30s
- Q10The Battle of Gettysburg was the last ____________.one standingmajor battle in the North.battle in generalwinning battle for the Confederacy30s
- Q11The Battle of Gettysburg ________.had the most casualties (deaths and injuries) of any battle in the war.was the turning point for the South.ensured victory for the Union.had the least casualties30s
- Q12Overall the battle lasted for _________.a weekfive daysthree daysa month30s
- Q13Who were the main generals in the war?Ambrose Burnside and Benedict ArnoldGeorge Washington and Charles CornwallisGeorge Meade (Union) and Robert E. Lee (Confederacy)George Patton and Erwin Rommel30s
- Q14Who won the battle?UnionConfederate30s
- Q15Several months after the battle, _______ delivered a 272 word commemoration speech indicating the importance of the battle.George MeadePresident Andrew JohnsonPresident Abraham LincolnGeorge Custer30s
