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10 Cards in this Set
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How were the North and the South alike towards the end of the Civil War? How were they different?
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The Battle of Gettysburg, Antietam, Perrysville, Nashville, Shiloh, Atlanta, Vicksburg, Mobile Bay, and New Orleans
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What is total war?
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Keeping prisoners would be a great burden to the Union and would have increased the South's resentment at a time when the country needed to be reunited.
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Why do you think the Union Army took no prisoners when the Confederates surrendered?
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The Battle of Bull Run, Chancellorsville, Cold Harbor, Fredericksburg, Chickamauga,and Fort Sumter
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What battles ended in victory for the Union?
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It gained greater control of the Mississippi River as well as control over an important port.
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What might have happened if the Confederates had won at Gettysburg?
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The South was in far worse shape because the war had been fought primarily on Southern soil.
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What were some of the problems facing the newly reunited country?
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They were alike because almost everyone had lost someone they loved; both armies had fewer volunteers. The South was in a worse economic condition than the North.
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Which battles ended in victory for the Confederacy?
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The Confederate soldiers would not be imprisoned but allowed to go home.
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Which side was in worse shape after the war ended? Why?
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Rebuilding the Southern economy, helping the newly freed African Americans, healing the bitterness between North and South were some of the problems now faced.
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What are some advantages gained by the Union in taking New Orleans?
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A Confederate victory north of Washington might have split the Union and cut off the capital.
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What were the terms of Grant's surrender?
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It is an all-out war to destroy people's ability and will to fight.
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