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Which side had more factories, food, railroads, and soldiers? |
The Union |
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What was the organization of people, houses, and trails called that helped blacks run for freedom before the Civil War? |
The Underground Railroad |
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What song did the South sing to rally their troops? |
Dixie |
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What blackman led a revolt in pre-Civil War years that put terror in the hearts of the Southerners? |
Nat Turner |
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Who tried to start a slave rebellion at Harper's Ferry? |
John Brown |
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Name the most famous general of the South. |
Robert E. Lee |
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The first major battle of the Civil War was the Battle of? |
Bull Run or Manasses |
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Name the primary reasons the North fought the Civil War. |
To keep the Union intact and to end the slavery issue. |
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What was the name of the Confederate Ironclad ship - the first ever made in the United States. |
The Merrimack |
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Who was the president of the Confederate States of America? |
Jefferson Davis |
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What name did the Union often go by? |
Yankees |
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What state became a state during the Civil War? |
West Virginia |
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What was a greyback? |
A Confederate soldier or a lice. |
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Why did Abraham Lincoln grow his beard? |
A little girl, Grace Bedell, wrote him a letter during his campaign telling him that more ladies would like him and tease their husbands into voting for him if he grew some whiskers. |
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Name the most famous general of the Union who later became president. |
Ulysses S. Grant |
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Name the primary reasons the South fought the war? |
The right for the individual states to govern themselves and to protect their homes from invading Northern armies. |
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What famous Southern general from the new state of West Virginia received the name Stonewall? |
General Thomas Jackson because he stood against the Union like a "stonewall." |
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Who was the Great Compromiser that effectively delayed the war for quite a few years? |
Henry Clay |
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What famous speech did Abraham Lincoln give that started "Four Score and Seven years ago...." |
Gettysburg Address |
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What song did the North sing to rally their troops? |
The Battle Hymn of the Republic |
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What was the biggest crop of the South? |
Cotton |
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What was the name of the First Confederate Lady? |
Varina Davis |
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Where was the first land battle of the Civil War? |
Phillippi, (W)Va |
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The first gun shots were started by the Confederates at what place? |
Ft. Sumter |
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Did Abraham Lincoln live to see the last surrender of the war? |
No! He saw Lee's surrender, but some of the troops further south were yet to come in. They did so shortly after his death. |
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What was a bluebelly? |
A Union Soldier |
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What city was the capital of the Confederacy? |
Richmond, Virginia |
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What was the drinking gourd? |
The star constellation that points out the North Star. |
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Who was known as Unconditional Surrender? |
U. S. Grant |
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Name a famous Southern woman spy? |
Belle Boyd, Wild Rose Greenhow, etc. |
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What was Kansas called during the border battles with Missouri after the Kansas-Nebraska Act before the Civil War? |
Bleeding Kansas |
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What year did the Civil War begin? |
1861 |
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Who was Mathew Brady? |
The most famous photographer of the Civil War era. |
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What was an Arkansas toothpick? |
A sword |
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What name were the Confederates often called by? |
Rebels |
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Who was the president of the United States of America during the Civil War? |
Abraham Lincoln |
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Who became president after Lincoln was shot? |
Andrew Johnson |
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What was the bloodiest battle of the Civil War? |
The Battle of Antietam |
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What happened at Appomattox Court House? |
General Lee surrendered the Virginia Confederate troops to General Grant. |
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How long did the war last? |
4 years |
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Who killed Abraham Lincoln? |
John Wilkes Booth |
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What was the judge's decision in the Dred Scott case? |
That slaves were property and had no rights in the United States. |
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What was the name of the First Lady of the Union during this time? |
Mary Todd Lincoln |
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Name a famous Civil War nurse who after the war, started the American Red Cross in the United States. |
Clair Barton |
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What color was considered to be the Union color? |
Blue |
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Name a famous Northern woman spy? |
Emma Emmonds, etc. |
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The North and South had different names for the Civil War battles. How did each side name the battles? |
The North named battles after nearby rivers, creeks, or mountains while the South named them after the towns that acted as their base during the battle. |
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What was a person called who was actively against slavery? |
Abolitionist |
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What was the document called that freed the slaves during the War? |
Emancipation Proclamation |
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What city did Sherman's disastrous march end at? |
Atlanta, Georgia |
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What was the first state to secede from the Union? |
South Carolina |
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What was the Union ironclad ship that battled against the Confederate's Merrimack with neither side winning a victory? |
The Monitor |
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What river marked the free states from the slave states? |
Ohio River |
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What battle was the turning point that led to the South's defeat? |
The Battle of Gettysburg |
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Which side paid their soldiers more? |
The Union |
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Who was the woman known as Moses? |
Harriet Tubman |
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How many states made up the Confederacy? |
Eleven |
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What is hardtack? |
A very hard cracker much depended on for food by soldiers during the Civil War. |
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What was the name of the bag soldiers carried their food supplies in? |
Haversacks |
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Who made the cotton gin that guaranteed a continued dependency on slavery in the South? |
Eli Whitney |
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What were goober peas? |
Unsalted peanuts in the shell very popular in the South. |
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How did Harriet Beecher Stowe affect the war? |
She wrote the book Uncle Tom's Cabin that made many take a stand against slavery. |
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What color was considered to be the Confederate color? |
Gray |
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