Civil War

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• Civil War

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What was the beginning date of the Civil War?
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• April 12, 1861

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• What was the ending date of the Civil War?

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• April 9, 1865

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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 seven Southern states do, when Lincoln
won the 1860 presidential election?

• Seceded from the Union

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What country did the seceded Southern states form
in 1861?

• The Confederate States of America ( CSA) or
• The Confederacy

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Who was elected president of the Confederacy?

• Jefferson Davis

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What four things did the secession of the
Southern states eventually do regarding the USA?
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• Started the Civil War
• Resulted in a Northern victory
• The Union was restored
• The Emancipation of African-American slaves

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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- Charleston harbor, South Carolina

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What event caused the Civil War to begin?

• Confederate forces fired on Fort Sumter

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• How many total states were included in the
  Confederate States of America?
• 11

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Where did the Civil War begin?

• Fort Sumter in Charleston, South Carolina April
  12, 1861

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• What was the first battle of the Civil War?
• 1st Battle of Bull Run

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• The Civil War was fought in what half of which
  century?
• 2nd half of the 19th Century

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• What are the dates of the Civil War in years?
• 1861-1865

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• What are the dates of the Civil War in months,
  dates and years?
• April 12, 1861 April 9, 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 compared
to all other wars combined?

• 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
• The Union must be held together, by force if
  necessary

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Who finally became the leading Union general
toward the end of 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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• Why did General Robert E. Lee march his army into
  Maryland?
• To get the war out of Virginia so farmers could
  grow and produce food.
• To win a victory on northern soil and obtain
  recognition from Britain and France and hopefully
  force an end to the war.

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What did President Lincoln issue after the
Norths victory at the Battle of Antietam, to
take effect on January 1, 1863.?

• 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?
• To Preservation of the Union
• The 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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• What Confederate General was an excellent field
  commander but was accidently shot by his own men
  at the Battle of Chancellorsville?
• Stonewall Jackson

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• What Union General received recognition because
  of his victories in the west at Fort Donaldson,
  Fort Henry, Shiloh, and eventually Vicksburg?
• Ulysses S. Grant

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• When was the Battle of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania?
• July 1-3, 1863

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• What Union General was in charge of the Army of
  the Potomac at the Battle of Gettysburg?
• General Meade

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• Who led the gallant Confederate charge during the
  Battle of Gettysburg?
• George Pickett- known as Pickett's Charge.

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• Who won the Battle of Gettysburg, which
  represented a turning point of the war?
• The North

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• Why had Robert E. Lee marched his army into
  Pennsylvania in 1863?
• To get the war out of Virginia
• To win a victory on northern soil and hopefully
  capture Harrisburg, Pa.
• Force the North to end the war.

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To commemorate the national cemetery at
Gettysburg, Who wrote the Gettysburg Address?

• Abraham Lincoln

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• On the day after the Battle of Gettysburg, July
  4, 1863- what was the last major southern city on
  the Mississippi river to surrender- thus
  splitting the Confederacy ?
• Vicksburg

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

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• What did Lincoln promised the American people in
  the Address?
• A new birth of freedom

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

• African-American Slavery

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• What Confederate General was accidently shot by
  his own men at the Battle of Chancellorsville?
• Stonewall Jackson

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• Who finally was given command of the Northern
  Army and he continued to pursue General Robert E.
  Lee at the Wilderness, Spotsylvania, and Cold
  Harbor?
• General Ulysses Grant

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• In 1864, what Union General completed his March
  to the Sea, a path of destruction from Atlanta
  to Savannah?
• William Tecumseh Sherman

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• What was the reason Sherman destroyed property
  and cities such as Atlanta, Savannah, Charlestown
  and Columbia?
• To take the war to the civilian population and
  destroy the southern will to fight.

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• What is the name of the city south of Richmond,
  where Grant laid siege?
• Petersburg

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• After the evacuation of Petersburg and Richmond,
  where did the Confederate General, Robert E.
  Lee surrender to the Union General, Ulysses S.
  Grant?
• Appomattox Court House (the McLean Home)

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• On what date did Lee surrender, which in effect
  ended the Civil War?
• April 9, 1865

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• After the Civil War, Robert E. Lee accepted what
  position?
• He became President of Washington College in
  Lexington, Va.
• ( the college was later renamed Washington and
  Lee University- Lee died in 1870 and is buried at
  W L)

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• Where and on what date and by whom was President
  Abraham Lincoln assassinated?
• At Fords Theatre, on April 14, 1865, by John
  Wilkes Booth

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• What was the total number of deaths of the Civil
  War?
• Approximately 620,000.

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• At the beginning of the war what was the
  population of the north and south?
• North- 21.5 million
• South- 9 million ( of which approximately 3 to 4
  million were slaves)

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• At the beginning of the war 82 of the nations
  output in war materials and factory produced
  items were produced in what part of the nation?
• The North

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• What was a result of the war in the South?
• The South was basically in total ruins as major
  cities and infrastructure had been destroyed.