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| Why did the South go to war? |
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| to preserve their way of life |
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| Why did the North go to war? |
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| They wanted to fight to save their union and to free the slaves |
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| List the advantages of the north |
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| 4 times as many free citizens, 70% of railroad lines, more manufacturing, strong navy, and a large fleet of trading ships |
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| List the advantages of the South |
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| Good hunters, believed they were right and fighting for homeland, knew how to ride horses, wealthy men went to military school and their were the best officers |
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| Who was the commander of the union army of the Potomac(East) |
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| Who was the commander of the union army? |
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| Who was the commander of the confederate army? |
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| Who was the president of the Confederacy? |
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| Describe the Anaconda Plan |
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| The north would cut off the south frm the suppliers by surrounding them on the water. they would then invade the South and force them to surrender |
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| What did both sides learn from the Battle of Bull Run |
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| that both sides needed training and that it would be a long battle |
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| In what battle were more men killed than in the American Revolution, the War of 1812, and the Mexican War combined? (not counting Gettysburg) |
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| What battle in Pennsylvania lasted 3 days and left a cemetery larger than the eye could see? |
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| After which two battles did the war start to go in favor of the North |
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| Who was George McClellan and how did Lincoln feel about his abilities? |
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| the commander of the union army and he was very disappointed about how he was slow about taking his men to battle |
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| a abandoned Union ship that the Confederacy took over and covered it with 4 inch thick iron plates |
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| Belief that one race is superior to another |
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| What role did African Americans play in the Civil War? |
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| they were guides and spires for the union army |
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| What slaves were freed by the Emancipation Proclamation? |
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| all slaves in the slave states except the four bordering states |
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| Who were the soldiers of the 54th Massachusetts Regiment? |
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| Freed African Americans in the North |
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| Why did Jefferson Davis have problems raising taxes to support the war? |
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| They were resentful and did not want to pay the central gov. |
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| a ride in prices and decrease in money value |
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| a military blockade of a town or location |
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| when one side destroys anything of any value to the other side to weaken them |
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| Who led the Union Troops through Atlanta and headed for the Sea |
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| General William Tecumseh Sherman |
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| Where did Lee surrender to Grant |
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| Who did Lincoln appoint to replace McClellan |
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| Was everyone in the North against slavery? |
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| Name the four bordering states that stayed in the Union during the war |
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| Delaware, Kentucky, Missouri, and Maryland |
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| Describe the draft law in the North |
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| All men had to go to war between the ages 20-45 unless they paid someone to or paid 300$ |
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| Describe the draft law in the South |
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| Men who had more then 20 slaves did not have to serve in the war |
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| What was the South hoping Britain would do? |
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| Side with them in the War since they cut the cotton trade off |
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| What role did the African Americans in the Confederacy plat in the war? |
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| They revolted, broke tools, destroyed crops and such. |
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| People up North who did not believe in war |
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| What message did Lincoln deliver to the American people in the Gettysburg Address? |
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| All men were created equal and that its a test of whether or not a democratic nation can survive |
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| What was Grants attitude toward the Confederate soldiers who surrendered at Appomattox Courthouse |
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| People who charged unfair prices |
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