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25 Cards in this Set
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What date did they fire the first shots of the Civil War? |
April 12, 1861 |
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Who was the Union leader in the Battle of Antietam? |
George McClellan |
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In what year did the Civil War end? |
1865 |
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Where were the first shots of the Civil War fired? |
Fort Sumter |
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Who delivered the Gettysburg Address? |
Abraham Lincoln |
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Who lead the March to the Sea? |
William Tecumseh Sherman |
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What was the battle that proved the war would last longer than expected? |
First Battle of Bull Run |
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What is the term for when a state leaves the Union? |
Secede |
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Who was the Confederate general during the Battle of Shiloh? |
A.S. Johnston |
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What were two advantages that the south had during the Civil War? |
Cotton and Military |
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What did the Emancipation Proclamation do? |
Freed slaves fighting against the North |
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What woman was a Civil War nurse who founded the American Red Cross? |
Clara Barton |
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What did the South call the Battle of Bull Run? |
Battle of Manassas |
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Which Confederate General was accidentally shot by his own men? |
Thomas “Stonewall’ Jackson |
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How many total people died during the Civil War? |
620,000 |
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Which side in the Civil War was for slavery? |
Union |
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Who was the Union general in the First Battle of Bull Run? |
Irvin McDowell |
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Who did the South ask to support them in the War? |
Britain |
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What was an improvement over wooden warships? |
Ironcalds |
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What year did Lee surrender to Grant? |
1865 |
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Who was an abolitionist newspaper publisher that Lincoln sent a letter to? |
Horace Greeley |
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Who was the Union general in the Battle of New Orleans? |
David Farragut |
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Someone that is wounded, killed, or missing in action is called what? |
Casualty |
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What four things did the North have more of than the south during the Civil War? |
Population, farmland, factories, railroads |
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In what year was the Battle of Antietam fought? |
1862 |
