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What is rifling?
Spiral grooves on the inside of a barrel that make the gun more accurate
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Where is Fort Sumpter?
The harbor of Charleston, South Carolina
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What is the number of troops Lincoln called for?
75,000 troops
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Who is Robert E. Lee?
The Leader of the Confederate Army
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What is the Battle of Gettysburg?
The bloodiest battle in the Civil War
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What is the confederacy?
The new nation form from the seceding southern states
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What is the Capital of the Confederacy?
Richmond, Virginia
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What is the number of soldiers that died at Gettysburg?
51,000 troops
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Who is Ulysses S. Grant?
The commanding general that led the Union to victory
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What is the Battle of the 1st Bull Run?
The first battle of the Civil War
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What is a border state?
A slave state that did not secede from the Union
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Where did the battle between the Ironclads take place?
Hampton Roads, Virginia
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What is the number of people that died in the Civil War?
620,000
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Who is McClellan?
The Union general who was cautious to risk his soldiers in battle
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What is the Battle of Antietam?
Fought by a creek near Sharpsburg
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What is the Habeas Corpus?
The right of those arrested to be brought before a judge or court to determine whether there is cause to hold the prisoner
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What is Little Round Top?
The hill that Chamberlain and the Union fought to defend
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How many soldiers fought at Gettysburg?
180,000 total troops
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Who is Stonewall Jackson?
Confederate general who earned his nickname at the battle of the 1st Bull Run
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What is the Battle of Chancellorsville?
The battle where Stonewall Jackson was injured by his own men
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What is the Potomac Army
The Union force operating outside Washington D.C.
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What is Appomattox Court House?
Where Robert E. Lee surrendered to the Union
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What is the battle of Antietam
8,000 troops were killed or wounded in a single day of fighting
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Who George G. Meade
The Union general who led at the Battle of Gettysburg
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What is the Battle of Fredericksburg?
The battle that hosted the most troops with 190,00 total soldiers
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