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| Four States that allowed slavery-Missouri, Kentucky, Maryland, and Delaware. These border states were divided over which side to support. |
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| Why was Maryland strategically important? |
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| Maryland was strategically important because of its railroad lines. Also, if it decided to secede, the Northern government would be surrounded. |
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| What role did Jefferson Davis play in the war? |
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| He was the Confederate president. He is a West Point graduate and an experienced soldier. He oversaw the Southern effort. |
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| what the Confederate army was sometimes called |
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| Which side had the larger fighting force? |
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| How did the Battle of Bull Run chenge people's views about the war? |
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| The North was shocked, the South was very weak but they still cheered. |
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| What was significant about the Battle between the Merrimack and the Monitor? |
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| Both the ships were ironclad warships. On March 9, the two ironclads exchanged fire, but nither ship could sink the other. The Union succeeded in keeping the Merrimack in the harbor, so it never again threatened Northern ships. |
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*Lasted two days
*Some of the most bitter, bloody fighting of the war.
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