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| What were the dates that the Civil War began and ended? |
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| April 12, 1861 and April 9, 1865 |
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| What event was the cause of the beginning of the war? |
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| The Confederates opened fire on Fort Sumter in Charleston, South Carolina. |
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| What were the advantages of the South? |
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| The south had 7 out of the 8 military training schools at the time. They fought a defensive war. |
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| What were the disadvantages of the South? |
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| They had a smaller population. They also had less railroads and less factories. |
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| What were some of the advantages of the North? |
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| They had more factories,a larger population, and plenty of volenteers to fight. |
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| What were some of the disadvantages of the North? |
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| They would have to attack and conquer the South. |
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| Who was the first President of the Confederate States? |
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| Who was the president of the Union? |
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| What was the Union's goals for the war? |
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| To blockade the seceded southern states so no goods could enter. Take control of the Mississippi River. Take control of Richmond, VA. |
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| What was the Confederacy's goal for the war? |
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| To prepare, wait and hope that the Union would tire quickly. |
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| When were the first shots at Bull Run fired? |
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| Who was the leader of the Union at the Battle of Bull Run? |
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| Who was the leader of the Confederacy at the Battle of Bull Run? |
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| General P.G.T. Beauregard |
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| Who lead the Union's second attemp to capture Richmond, VA? |
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| What was the name of the vessel the South built? |
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| What was the name of the vessel the North built? |
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| Who were the two main generals at the Battle of Antietam? |
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| When was the Battle of Antietam fought? |
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| What was concidered the bloodiest battle? |
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| Why did the Civil War start? |
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| The south seperated from the north and the north didn't want them to. |
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| When was the Emancipation Proclimation issued? |
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| What did the Emancipation Proclimation state? |
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| It said that all slaves owned by people who were against the northern government had to be free |
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| When were African Americans allowed to fight in the war? |
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| What was the name of the redgiment which attacked Fort Wagner? |
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| 54 Massachusets redgiment |
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| People who aren't in the military. |
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| What color were the Union's uniforms? |
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| What were the Union's nicknames? |
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| Billy Yankes or the Yankees |
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| What color were the Confederate's uniforms? |
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| What were the Confederate's nicknames? |
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| What were the two new weapons made during the war and what did they do? |
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| One was the cone-shaped bullet, which was a more accuate shot and the other was the new canon which could shoot from a mile away. |
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| a call for all able bodied men between the ages of 20 and 45 to fight if called |
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| how could northerners get out of a draft? |
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| if they pay the government $300 or if they got someone to fight in their place. |
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| How could the south get out of a draft? |
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| All farmers must give 10% of their crops to the government to feed the soldiers. |
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| When was the Gettysburg Address given? |
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| When troops go into a town and destroy every thing to the point where it is unusable. |
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| When was Ulysses Grant appointed General of the Union Forces? |
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| When was the end of the Civil War? |
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| Where were Lee and Grant when the surrender was made? |
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| Appomattox Court House, VA |
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| What did the South have to do? |
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| They had to give up their riffles but they could keep their pistols and their hores and mules. |
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