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11 Cards in this Set
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What was Lee named in February of 1865
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The general-in-chief of the Confederate Armies
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Who became the commander of the Union Armies near the end of the war?
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Ulysses Grant
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What are the Monitor and Merrimack?
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The Monitor was the Union ironclad ship. The Merrimack was the Confederate ironclad ship
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Where did the Monitor and Merrimack fight?
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In the waters near present day Nofolk and Hampton (Monitor Merrimack Bridge Tunnel).
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Who won the fight between the Monitor and the Merrimack?
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It was a tie
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Where did the Civil War end?
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Appomattox Courthouse, Virginia
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When did the Civile War end
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April 1865
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Who won the Civil War?
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Gen Robert E Lee surrendered to Ulysses Grant. Grant did not make Lee turn over his dress sword as a sign of surrender. Grand would not allow his men to celebrate the victory because the country was reunited by the ending of the war.
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What was the period after the Civil War called?
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Reconstruction
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What did Congress do after the Civil War?
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Passed laws to help rebuild the nation and to bring the south back into the Union.
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What problems did Virginia face after the war?
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Economy destroyed, roads destroyed, what were they to do with all the freed slaves?
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