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10 Cards in this Set
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What did the Southern states do after Abraham Lincoln was elected president of the U.S.?
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They seceded (broke away) from the U.S.
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What did Southerners call their new country after they seceded from the the U.S.?
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the Confederate States of America
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Where did the Civil War begin?
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at Fort Sumter, when the Confederates (Southerners) attacked.
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What were some advantages the North had during the war?
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more people, more money, more industries (factories), more railroads
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What Battle, won by the North, was a turning point of the war?
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Battle of Gettysburg
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What was Lincoln's famous speech about the war?
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the Gettysburg Address
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In the Gettysburg Address, when Lincoln said "government of the people, by the people, and for the people," what form of government was he talking about?
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democracy
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Who was the South's great commanding general?
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Robert E. Lee
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In what document did President Lincoln free the slaves?
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the Emancipation Proclamation
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Who assassinated Abraham Lincoln and where did he do it?
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John Wilkes Booth;
Ford's Theater |
