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Where and when did Robert E. Lee surrender to Ulysses S. Grant, thus ending the Civil War?
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Appomattox Court House, Virginia in April 1865
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What ironclad ships were involved in an important sea battle in the Virginia waters near Norfolk and Hampton? The battle was fought to a draw
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The Monitor (Union) and Merrimack (Conservative)
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How did most white Virginians feel about the Confederacy?
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They supported Confederacy
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How did the Confederacy rely on enslaved African American?
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To raise crops and provide labor for the army
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Why did some free African Americans support the confederacy?
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They felt their limited rights could best be protected by supporting the confederacy
