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| What was John Brown hanged for? |
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| Murder, treason, initiating an unsuccsessful slave revolt. |
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| Who said "I ______ am not quite certain that the crimes og this guilty land will never be purged away with blood" |
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| What did the confederate states do at the exact moment when they heard lincoln was elected president? |
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| Who wrote "Uncle Tom's Cabin"? |
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| What did "Uncle Tom's Cabin" describe? |
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| The cruelties of slavery. |
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| Why was "Uncle Tom's Cabin" so important? |
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| It cuased widespread anti slavery. |
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| What 3 advantages did the North have over the South? |
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Larger Industry
Larger Population
Larger Resources |
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| What 3 advantages did the South have over the North? |
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They were defending their homeland.
They had supurior military leadership
They were fighting for a noble cause |
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| What was the main reason Northerners signed up to fight in the war? |
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| Where were the first shots fired? |
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| Ft Sumter, April 12, 1861 4:30 AM by southern artillery. |
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| Where was the first major battle? |
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| Charleston, South Carolina |
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| What was the average soldiers age? |
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| What was the average soldiers height? |
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| What did most of the soldiers die from in the civil war? |
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| What became common in 1864 because of the repeating rifle? |
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| Whar are three examples of modern warefare first seen in the Civil War? |
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Ironclad Ships
Repeating Rifles
Trench Warefare |
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| What were the seven different types of foods and drink that the soldiers typically consumed? |
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| Salt Pork, Salt Beef, Corn Meal, Coffee, Hardtack |
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| What did the soldier typically carry with him? |
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| Rifle, Canteen, Cartriges, Haversack, Bayonet, Cap Box, Bed Roll etc |
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| What did the doctors used if they had to knock someone out for amputation? |
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| Why did the northerners believe that Abe Lincoln would be successful as their president. |
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| He was humble, had experience in politics and was against slavery. |
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| Why did the Southerners believe that Jefferson Davis would be successful as their president? |
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| They were confident he would guide the nation through brief war and would gain independence for the south. |
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| What did Matthew Brady and Tim O'Sullivan do during the Civil War? |
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| They were promenent photographers. |
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| What did Dorothea Dix do during the Civil War? |
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| Worked inthe hospitals as a nurse. |
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| What did Rose O'Neal Greenhow do during the war? |
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| What role did African Americans play in the Civil War? |
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| They fought against the confederacy. |
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| What battle was fought on a peach orchard and considered to be "the devils own day"? |
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| Which battle was, up to that time, the single bloodiest day, and killing 5,000 men in just 12 hours. |
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| Clash at Antietam, Sharpsburgh |
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| What were the Monitor and the Merrimac? |
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| What two events happened on the same day in 1863? |
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| Confederates pushed back the Union as the Union captured Mississippi. |
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| Where was the last battle of the Civil War? |
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| When did Lee formally surrender to Grant? |
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| Did President Lincoln die before he heard about the surrender? What was the date of his death? |
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| No, he later died on April 14 that same year in 1865. |
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| Why was the fact that John Wilkes Booth, a southerner, assassinated Abe Lincoln, so ironic? |
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| Boothe was an actor and Lincoln was shot while watching a play. |
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| Why was the Emancipation Proclamation not as great as it seemed? |
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| It only freed slaves in rebellious states. |
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| How many lives did the Civil War claim? |
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| Who was Stonewall Jackson? |
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| A combat leader known for not retreating. |
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| A former slave that sued for his lack of freedom, but lost. |
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| Who was Mary Todd Lincoln? |
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| A prison guard known as the monster for his ill treatment and harsh actions towards the prisoners. He was later found guilty and hung at the gallows. |
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| Who had excellent generals? |
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| Who fought to preserve the Union? |
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| Who had a POW camp in Andersonville? |
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| Who wanted to capture Richmond? |
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| Who fought to defend their homeland? |
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| Who felt John Brown was a hero? |
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| Who felt John Brown was a hero? |
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| Who named battles after near by cities and towns? |
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| Who was the main army general of the Confederate States of America? |
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| Who was the main army general of the Confederate States of America? |
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