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What was the bloodiest battle of the Civil War?
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Antietum
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Why did the British aid the COnfederacy during the war?
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THe southern states were the main suppliers of British cotton
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What quote, by Lincoln, shows his goal concerning ending the war and treatment of the Confederacy?
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"With malice toward none and charity toward all...."
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The Freedman's Bureau was created by what US government department?
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US War Department
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What was the role of the Freedman's Bureau?
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To help ex-slaves adjust to their newfound freedom
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What two occupations were the most common for newly freed slaves and poor whites (post-Civil War)?
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tenant farmers and share croppers
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The significance of the use of the IRONCLADS; Merrimac and Monitor was
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the design of the ships revolutionized the future of naval warfare
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In the case of Ex Parte Milligan, the court ruled that the government had acted improperly in Indiana where,
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civilians had been subject to military trials
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The significance of controlling the Mississippi River was
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the Confederacy was unable to transport/receive supplies in the west
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Why didn't the Emancipation Proclamation apply to West Virginia?
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It was not a state of the "Union" during the Civil War
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