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| What does secession mean? |
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| When the southern states left the United States and formed their own country? |
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| Why did the Lower South leave the Union before the Upper South? |
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| The Lower South had a higher slave population than the Upper South. |
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| What state was the first to leave the Union? |
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| What was the last state to leave the Union? |
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| Why was Virginia the last state to leave the Union? |
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Most people in West Virginia wanted to stay in the Union.
Virginia was closer to the free states than most other Confederate states. |
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| What was the Emancipation Proclamation? |
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| A document that Abraham Lincoln signed that freed the slaves in the states that REBELLED against the Union and left. |
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| When did Lincoln sign the Emancipation Proclamation? |
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| After the the Union had a victory at the Battle of Antietam. |
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| How did the Emancipation Proclamation help the North win the Civil War? |
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| It freed the slaves - they were able to join the army and help the North fight |
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| Who was the president of the Union? |
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| Who was the president of the Confederates? |
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| Why was Lincoln frustrated with his generals at the beginning of the war? |
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He could not find a good leader.
He kept firing the generals. |
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| What excellent leaders did the South have? |
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| Lee, Jackson and Longstreet |
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| What happened to General McClellan? |
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| Why did McClellan run against Lincoln when Lincoln was trying to be reelected? |
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| Revenge because Lincoln fired him |
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| What was the Gettysburg Address? |
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| A speech given by President Lincoln |
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| Where did Lincoln deliver the speech-The Gettysburg Address? |
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| At Gettysburg-on the battle field |
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| What did Abraham Lincoln use in the Gettysburg Address? |
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| ideas from the Declaration of Independence |
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| What ideas from the Declaration of Independence did Lincoln use in the Gettysburg Address? |
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| What was the main point of the Gettysburg Address? |
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| for the army to continue fighting, so those who died would not have died in vain (for no reason) |
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| What was main reason behind the Gettysburg Address? |
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| for Lincoln to dedicates a National Soldier's Cementary |
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| In the Gettysburg Address, Lincoln asked for "the last full measure of devotion". What does this mean? |
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| Why did the south support slavery? |
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for ECONOMIC reasons
they did not think they could make money without the free labor of the slaves |
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| How did the African Americans help the war effort in the North? |
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| How did women help in the Civil War? |
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served as nurses
took care of the homes
served as spies |
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| What effect did the Civil War have on the country? |
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| the South needed to be rebuilt |
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| Why did General Lee ask President Davis to "supply my place" after the Battle of Gettysburg |
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| he had lost confidence in himself as a genral |
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| What does "supply my place" mean? |
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