Vocabulary | Numbers | Battles | Technology | Locations and Geography |
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What are copperheads
Democrats who opposed Lincoln in the 1864 election
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How long was a presidential term for the confederates
6 years
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What was the first battle of the civil war
Fort Sumter
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What is the arrangement of spiral grooves on the inside of a rifle barrel.
Rifling
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What were the five border states
Delaware, Maryland, West Virginia, Kentucky, Missouri
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What are contrabands
slaves who escaped the unions army lines
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What was the year the union president was elected to office
1860
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What was the deadliest battle of the war
Gettysburg
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What was the name of the metal ships created and deployed to the naval battlefields to destroy wooden ships.
Iron Clads
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What were the names of the two ridges in Gettysburg
Seminary and Cemetary
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What are greenbacks
paper money the US began to issue during the civil war
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How Many deaths were in the civil war
620,000
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What war took place in Sharpsburg in corn fields and on bridges
Antietam
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What type of warfare evolved during the civil war because of enemies trying to dig around to the opposing side
Trench Warfare
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Where was Fort Sumter
Charleston, South Carolina
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What is habeas corpus
the right of people who are arrested to be brought to a judge or court to see if the deserve to be in prison
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what year did the civil war end
1865
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What did the union call the first battle of manassas
1st Bull Run
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What was used to observe the location and activities of enemies up to about 15 miles away
Observation Balloons
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Where did the battle of Antietam take place
Maryland
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What is total war
a state of war where the government makes no distinction between military and civilian targets
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How many states did not have Abraham Lincoln on the voting ballot
10
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What was the battle that was thought to be the turning point in the war
Vicksburg
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What form of technology was used to communicate in the form of morse code
Telegraph
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What was the capital city of the Confederates
Richmond, VA
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