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16 Cards in this Set
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What was the organization of people, houses, and trails called that helped blacks run for freedom before the Civil War?
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Abolitionists
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Who was the president of the Confederate States of America?
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Jefferson Davis
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What song did the South sing to rally their troops?
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Dixie
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What name did the Union often go by?
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Yankees
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What black man led a revolt in pre-Civil War years that put terror in the hearts of the Southerners?
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Nat Turner
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What states became a state during the Civil War?
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West Virginia and Nevada
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Who tried to start a slave rebellion at Harper's Ferry?
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John Brown
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What was a greyback?
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A confederate soldier
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Name the most famous general of the South.
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Robert E. Lee
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Why did Abraham Lincoln grow his beard?
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To improve his appearance
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The first major battle of the Civil War was the Battle of?
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Fort Sumnter
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Name the most famous general of the Union who later became president.
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Ulysses S. Grant
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Name the primary reasons the North fought the Civil War.
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To unite the Confederacy and the Union once more and to eliminate slavery
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Who was the Great Compromiser that effectively delayed the war for quite a few years?
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Henry Clay
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What was the name of the Confederate Ironclad ship - the first ever made in the United States.
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USS Merrimack
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What famous speech did Abraham Lincoln give that started "Four Score and Seven years ago...."
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Gettysburg Address
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