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What do you call a slave who has escaped to the Union army's lines?
contrabands
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What is the number of Northerners who fight for the Union army?
Around 2 million
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What is the first battle of the civil war?
1st Bull Run (Manasas)
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What is the gun with grooves?
Rifeing
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Who was the President of the Union during the war?
Abraham Lincoln
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What do you call a democrat who opposed Lincoln in the 1864 election?
copperheads
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What is the number of Southerners who fight for the Confederate army?
around 800,000 to 900,000
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What is the battle that was between 2 boats that had armor.
Battle of Ironclads
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What is something that helped the North move very fast and could also bring lots of supplies?
Railroads
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Who was the President of the Confederate during the war?
Jefferson Davis
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What do you call paper money the US began to issue during the Civil War?
Greenbacks
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What is the number of casualties in the battle of Gettysburg?
around 50,000 both sides combined
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What is the battle that had the most casualties?
Gettysburg
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What is one ship that had armor called on the confederate side?
Merrimack
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Who was the confederate army leader?
Robert E. Lee
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What was signed on January 1, 1863 which said Lincoln transformed the Civil War into a struggle to end slavery?
Emancipation Proclamation
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What is the number of people who died in the whole war?
Around 600,000
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What battle did the union get their first victory?
Forts Henry and Donalson
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What is the ship with armor that the north used?
Monitor
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Who was the Union army Leader?
Grant
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What was the speech by Lincoln dedicating the military cemetery at Gettysburg on November 19, 1863.
Gettysburg Address
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What is the number of soldiers Lee. had when he surrendered to Grant?
35,000
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What is the battle that gave the union control of the Mississippi River?
Vicksburg
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What is something from the one of the last battles in the Civil war that was used that we later say used very often in the world wars?
Trenches
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Who was the vice President of the Confederacy?
Alexander Stephens
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