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What is the Battle of Gettysburg
The largest and most bloody battle of the war
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Who was Ambrose Burnside
The Union general that made a style of facial hair famous
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What was the Emancipation Proclamation
A document signed January 1, 1863, which transformed the Civil War into a struggle to end slavery
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When was 1865
The year the Civil War ended
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Who was Abraham Lincoln
The winner of the 1860 election
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Where is Maryland
The state where the Battle of Antietam took place
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Who was "Stonewall" Jackson
The Confederate general who stood like a "stonewall" at the First Battle of Manasses
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What are contrabands
Slaves who escaped to the Union army's lines
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How long is 6 years
The length of a presidential term in the southern form of government
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Who was Stephen A. Douglas
Lincoln's main opponent in the 1860 election who got the second highest popular vote
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What is Sharpsburg
What the South called the Battle of Antietam
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Who was General McClellan
The last name of the Union general who was known as the "Virginia Creeper"
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What are Delaware, Kentucky, Maryland, West Virginia, and Missouri
The border states
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When was 1862
The year the Battle of Antietam (Sharpsburg) began
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Who was Jefferson Davis
The President of the Confederacy
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Where is Washington D.C. and Richmond
The two capitols where the First Battle of Manassas occurred between
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Who was General Beauregard
The last name of the Southern artillery officer who shot at his mentor at Fort Sumter
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What was the habeas corpus
It gave the right to those arrested to be brought before a judge or court to determine whether there is cause to hold the prisoner
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When was 1861
The year when Fort Sumter was fired upon
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Who was Alexander Stephens
The Vice-President of the Confederacy
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Where is New Orleans
Where Admiral Farragut snuck boats up a river and broke the chain to control the mouth of a river
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Who was Winfield Scott
The head of the minuscule United State Army at the start of the war
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Who were copperheads
Democrats who opposed Lincoln in the 1864 election
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How much is more than 600,000
The amount of people who died or went missing during the Civil War
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Who were the Liberty Party, the Free-Soil Party, and the Republican Party
Three groups that strongly opposed the spread of slavery out West
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