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| Identify U.S. Grant |
An alcoholic, was able to defeat Lee and he commanded the Union army. |
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scooter_arablvr Sun, 10 May 2009 16:56:43 GMT |
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| Identify "Stonewall" Jackson. |
one of Lee's two best generals |
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| Who won the Civil War? |
Union |
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scooter_arablvr Sun, 10 May 2009 16:55:24 GMT |
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| Identify the Brooks/Sumner Affair? |
Congressman Brooks (SC) appeared in Senate and beat Sumner (MA) with a cane for insulting his father in law. |
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scooter_arablvr Sun, 10 May 2009 16:55:24 GMT |
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| Identify Harriet Beecher Stowe? |
wrote anti-slavery novel called "Uncle Tom's Cabin" in 1852; This makes abolition ever more popular in the North; and it depicted of brutal slave holder, Simon Legres |
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scooter_arablvr Sun, 10 May 2009 16:55:24 GMT |
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| Identify John Brown? |
radical abolishionist; his airm to arm slaves and lead guerilla war from App. Mts.; tried for treason; hung; martyr to slavery |
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scooter_arablvr Sun, 10 May 2009 16:55:24 GMT |
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| Identify the Union General who was hated in the South because he commanded an army which preyed on cilvilians as it vurned its way through Georgia. |
William Tecumseh Sherman |
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scooter_arablvr Sun, 10 May 2009 16:51:18 GMT |
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| Why was Vicksburg strategically important? |
Provided a trade corridor to ports in Mexico. |
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scooter_arablvr Sun, 10 May 2009 16:51:18 GMT |
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| During the Battle of Gettysburg, Lee ordered a disastrous frontal assault agains the strongest point of the Union line called _________. |
Pickett's Charge |
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scooter_arablvr Sun, 10 May 2009 16:51:18 GMT |
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| What were Union goals during the Red River Campaign? |
1)get stored cotton
2)Take Texas out of war |
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scooter_arablvr Sun, 10 May 2009 16:51:18 GMT |
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| Who was the confederate general during the battle of Mansfield? |
Richard Taylor |
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scooter_arablvr Sun, 10 May 2009 16:47:18 GMT |
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| What were major parts of the Union's strategy called the Anaconda Plan? |
1)State Dept. cultivate Britain & France to keep them from recognizing Confederacy.
2)Navy blockade South.
3)Split confederacy |
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scooter_arablvr Sun, 10 May 2009 16:47:18 GMT |
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| The Dred Scott made two important rulings. What were they? |
1)Supreme Court said slaves had no rights under the Constitution.
2)Congress had no power to prohibit slavery. |
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scooter_arablvr Sun, 10 May 2009 16:47:18 GMT |
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| What were the Southern advantages during the Civil War? |
officers dominated US Army combat divisions, short supply lines, excellent knowledge of terrain |
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scooter_arablvr Sun, 10 May 2009 16:47:18 GMT |
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| What was the major impact of the battle vetween the Monitor and Merrimac? |
Naval warfare changed forever, making wooden ships obsolete |
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scooter_arablvr Sun, 10 May 2009 16:43:13 GMT |
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| Where were the first shots of the Civil War fired? |
Ft. Sumter, Charleston, SC |
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scooter_arablvr Sun, 10 May 2009 16:43:13 GMT |
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| What new state was created during the Civil War? |
West Virginia |
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| Who was the President of the Confederacy? |
Jefferson Davis |
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scooter_arablvr Sun, 10 May 2009 16:43:13 GMT |
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| Why did the Southern states secede from the Union? |
Lincoln, a republican who was a radical was elected president |
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scooter_arablvr Sun, 10 May 2009 16:41:19 GMT |
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| Wkhat was the cause of most deaths? |
dysentery |
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scooter_arablvr Sun, 10 May 2009 16:41:19 GMT |
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| Compare the number of men killed at Shiloh to other American war battles? |
More men than all previous wars combined - total 23,000 casualties killed and wounded |
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scooter_arablvr Sun, 10 May 2009 16:41:19 GMT |
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| Why did Robert E. Lee choose the Confederacy? |
Because Virginia secedes |
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scooter_arablvr Sun, 10 May 2009 16:41:19 GMT |
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| Did Lincoln choose a capable cabinet? |
yes |
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scooter_arablvr Sun, 10 May 2009 16:38:54 GMT |
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| Were the draft laws popular? |
no |
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scooter_arablvr Sun, 10 May 2009 16:38:54 GMT |
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| Compare casualties of the Civil War to other American war battles. |
highest loss of American men more than any previous wars combined |
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scooter_arablvr Sun, 10 May 2009 16:38:54 GMT |
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| About how many men fought in the Civil War? |
3 million |
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scooter_arablvr Sun, 10 May 2009 16:38:54 GMT |
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| What was Lincoln's margin of victory in the election of 1860? |
elected with 40% of vote |
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scooter_arablvr Sun, 10 May 2009 16:38:54 GMT |
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| Name the most important battle of the Civil War? |
Battle of Gettysburg |
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scooter_arablvr Sun, 10 May 2009 16:38:54 GMT |
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| Did the South think that England would come to her aid? If so, why? |
Yes; felt British dependence upon Southern cotton would cause her to favor the South. |
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scooter_arablvr Sun, 10 May 2009 16:38:54 GMT |
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| Did the Compromises of 1820 and 1850 delay or speed up the Civil War? |
delayed |
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scooter_arablvr Sun, 10 May 2009 16:38:54 GMT |
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| Why did Lincoln issue the Emancipation Proclamation? Slaves from what area were affected by it? |
To free slaves from the confederacy; Freed all slaves in territories hold by Confederates. |
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scooter_arablvr Sun, 10 May 2009 16:26:18 GMT |
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| Identify Bleeding Kansas. |
Sequence of violence events involving anti and pro slavery. Attempting to influence whether Kansas would enter the Union as a free/slave state. |
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scooter_arablvr Sun, 10 May 2009 16:26:18 GMT |
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| Name the first major battle (not opening shots) of Civil War? |
First Bull Run |
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scooter_arablvr Sun, 10 May 2009 16:26:18 GMT |
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| How did the cotton gin impact the South? |
production increased and number of slaves increased so saved slavery. |
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scooter_arablvr Sun, 10 May 2009 16:26:18 GMT |
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