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Who was Robert E. Lee?
He was an American Confederate general best known as a commander of the Confederate States Army.
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What was the name of the first battle?
The First Bull Run/First Battle of Manassas
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What is Abolitionism?
A movement to end slavery.
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What are the 5 "boarder states?"
Kentucky, Delaware, Maryland, Missouri & West Virginia
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In what year did the Civil War end?
1865
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Who continued fighting by being strapped to his horse even after loosing a leg?
Longstreet
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What year did the battle of Antietam/Sharpsburg take place?
1862
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What did both non-slaveholding whites and slave holding whites have in common?
They all considered themselves "racially superior."
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Where did the Battle of Manassas take place?
Virginia, only 30 miles away from Washington DC
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What was the main export at this time?
Cotton
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Who was the most fierce fighter for slavery and was also vice president at one point?
John C. Calhoun
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What was the bloodiest battle of the Civil War?
Antietam/Sharpsburg
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What was the Dred Scott Decision?
The Supreme Court's ruling in 1857, that having lived in a free state and territory did not entitle an slaved person, Dred Scott, to his freedom.
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What did the Crittenden Compromise do?
It extended the 36:36 line to the Pacific.
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Name 3 of the "civilized tribes"
Cherokee, Chick a saw & Chalk taw
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Who was the Confederate general who stood "like a stonewall" at the First Battle of Manassas?
Jackson
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What battle was the turning point of the Civil War?
Gettysburg
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What year was the Emancipation Proclamation signed?
1863
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What city contained Fort Sumter?
Charleston, South Carolina
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What were the 2 most important things to the southern people?
Honor & Reputation
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Which Union General made a style of hair famous?
Burnside
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What year was Fort Sumter fired upon?
1861
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Who was a main journalist and leading spokesman of the Abolitionist Movement?
Garrision
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Where did most of the fighting take place during the Civil War?
Virginia and Tennessee
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In what year was "Sherman's March to the Sea?"
1864
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