Civil War

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Civil War
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To what political party did Abraham Lincoln
belong?

• Republican Party

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What political party split in the 1860
presidential election?

• Democratic Party

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Who did the American people elect as president in
1860?

• Abraham Lincoln

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What did several Southern states do, when Lincoln
won the 1860 presidential election?

• Seceded from the Union

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What did it mean for a state to secede from the
Union?

• Leave the Union, or
• Withdraw from the Union

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What country did the seceded Southern states form
in 1861?

• The Confederate States of America or
• The Confederacy

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Who was elected president of the Confederacy?

• Jefferson Davis

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What did the secession of the Southern states
trigger?

• The Civil War

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What were three consequences of the Civil War?

• Northern victory
• The Union restored
• Emancipation of African-American slaves

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What did it mean to emancipate slaves?

• Free them

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What constitutional debate did the Civil War
involve?

• Federal Power vs. States Rights

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From what fort did President Lincoln refuse to
remove federal troops in April, 1861?

• Fort Sumter

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Where is Fort Sumter located?

• Charleston, South Carolina

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What event caused the Civil War to begin?

• Confederate forces fired on Fort Sumter

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Where did the Civil War begin?

• Fort Sumter in Charleston, South Carolina

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What were the dates of the Civil War?

• 1861-1865

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Define the term civil war.

• A war between people of the same country

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In what war did the most Americans die?

• The Civil War

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Who served as president of the United States
during the Civil War?

• Abraham Lincoln

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What was Lincolns attitude toward secession?

• Opposed secession
• Union must be held together, by force if necessary

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Who was the leading Union general during the
Civil War?

• Ulysses S. Grant

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Who was the leading Confederate general during
the Civil War?

• Robert E. Lee

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Who was the commander of the Army of Northern
Virginia?

• Robert E. Lee

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What was Robert E. Lees attitude toward
secession?
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• Opposed secession
• Did NOT believe the Union should be held together
  by force
• Wanted Southerners to accept defeat and unite as
  Americans again at the end of the Civil War

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Identify Frederick Douglass.
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• Former African-American slave
• Important black abolitionist
• Encouraged President Lincoln to recruit former
  slaves to fight in the Union army

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Name the two most important battles of the Civil
War.

• Battle of Antietam
• Battle of Gettysburg

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Which side won the Battle of Antietam?

• The North

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Where was the Battle of Antietam?

• Maryland

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What did President Lincoln issue after the
Norths victory at the Battle of Antietam?

• The Emancipation Proclamation

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What did the Emancipation Proclamation do?

• Freed all slaves who lived in states still in
  rebellion on Jan. 1, 1863

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What was the Norths war aim before the
Emancipation Proclamation?

• Preservation of the Union

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What were the Norths war aims after the
Emancipation Proclamation?
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• Preservation of the Union
• Abolition of African-American slavery

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What two European countries considered aiding the
Confederacy?

• Great Britain
• France

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What effect did the Emancipation Proclamation
have on England and France?

• Discouraged them from siding with the Confederacy

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Which side won the Battle of Gettysburg?

• The North

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Where was the Battle of Gettysburg?

• Pennsylvania

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Who wrote the Gettysburg Address?

• Abraham Lincoln

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What did Lincoln identify as the Norths two war
aims in the Gettysburg Address?
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• Preserving the Union
• Abolishing Slavery

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What did Lincoln believe was the nature of the
Union?

• The United States was one nation, instead a
  federation of independent states

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What did the South think was the nature of the
Union?

• The states had freely joined the Union and could
  freely leave (secede)

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• What vision did President Lincoln describe for
  the United States in the Gettysburg Address?

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• The United States was dedicated to the idea that
  all men are created equal

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In the Gettysburg Address what did Lincoln call a
Second American Revolution?

• The Civil War

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Who said the United States was ruled by a
government of the people, by the people, and for
the people?

• Abraham Lincoln

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In what speech did Lincoln use the phrase of the
people, by the people, and for the people?

• The Gettysburg Address

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According to what Lincoln said in the Gettysburg
Address, what institution must not exist in the
United States?

• African-American Slavery