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(TorF) McClellan attacked confederate forces at antietam until Lee's army was clearly defeated
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(TorF) Blacks were not allowed to join the union army until after the Emancipation
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true |
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(TorF) the Civil War can be considered the first modern war because of all of the new military and technological improvements that were employed
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true |
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(TorF) some men avoided serving in the army by paying recent immigrants to serve for them |
true |
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(TorF) president lincoln was assassinated while riding in a parade to celebrate the union victory
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false |
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(TorF) The Anaconda plan was developed by southern general
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false |
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(TorF) The Emancipation proclamation would have allowed confederate states to keep their slaves if they had quit fighting
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true |
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(TorF) The union army entered the first battle of bull run overconfident and unprepared
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true |
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(TorF) the 20 negro law favored rich southern planters
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true |
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(TorF) many men were forced to serve in civil war armies because of the draft
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true |
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He order were to make the shenandoah valley into " a barren waste..... so that crows flying over it.... (would) have to carry provender with them". |
philip sheridan |
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This man led his men his men to victory in the first battle of bull run |
stonewall jackson |
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Lincoln said of him," I cannot spare this man. he fights". |
Ulysses S. Grant |
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his order were to "force liberally on the country during the march". |
William T. Sherman |
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he replaced Joseph Johnston as commander of the army of northern Virginia |
Robert E. Lee |
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the south won the battle thereabout it lost Stonewall Jackson |
chancellorsville |
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the onlooking ladies and gentlemen discovered there that war was no picnic |
first battle of bull run |
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McClellan appreciated the " cigar wrapper" that one of Lee's couriers lost before the encounter there |
antietam |
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J.E.B. Stuart's raid of general pope's headquarters helped bring the confederacy its second victory there |
second battle of bull run |
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a siege of that city by the union army brought starvation an surrender |
Vicksburg |
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what was one other name given to the civil war? |
war between the states, war of the rebellion, war against slavery, was of abolition, was for the union, was of southern independence ,war of secession |
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who assassinated president Lincoln? |
John Wilkes Booth |
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according to William t. Sherman, what was the "spinal column of America"? |
Mississippi river |
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what general led union forces to capture important forts and cities that had protected the Mississippi river for the south |
Ulysses S. Grant |
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what term describes General Shermans destructive advance through the South? |
march to the sea |
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where did Lee's surrender occur? |
Appomattox Courthouse |
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what two warships were involved in a clash that had a significant effect on the future of naval warfare? |
the monitor and the Virginia ( or merrimac) |
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in the battle of Gettysburg , what famous confederate attack through an open field resulted in the loss of thousands on confederate soldiers? |
Pickett's charge |
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who was Lincoln's running mate in the 1864 election? |
Andrew Jackson |
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what important city fell to union forces as a result of the efforts of admiral David Farragut? |
New Orleans |
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Abraham Lincoln's opponent in the 1864 election was |
George McClellan |
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what man took photographs of troops during the civil war? |
Matthew Brady |
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after lee had led the south to several victories, the confederates experiences a defeat in July 1863 at the ... |
battle of Gettysburg |
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What union general replaced George McClellan? |
Ambrose burnside |
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Gave Lincoln opportunity to issue his Emancipation Proclamation |
the Battle of Antietam |
