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1
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Northern advantages during civil war

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Twice population
80% of all industry
An organized and established government

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Southern advantages during the civil war

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Superior military leadership
Fighting on their home land
Fighting for a cause they believed in
Fighting a defensive war

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Types of income for the north

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Many different types - businesses, factories, agricultures

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Types of income for the south

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Predominantly agriculture

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Literacy rate for the north

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90%

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Literacy rate for the south

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50%

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Northern thoughts about technology

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Favored it - always wanted to become more advanced

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Southern views on technology

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Against it - wanted things to remain the way they were

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Northern attitude towards the south

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Felt the south was backwards and immoral

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Southern attitude towards the north

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Felt that the north was was always picking on them

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11
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Where did Jefferson Davis graduate from

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West Point

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12
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Who married Zachary Taylor’s daughter

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Jefferson Davis

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Who reorganized the army and brought in new infantry tactics and weapons

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Jefferson Davis

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What year was Davis elected to the senate and what did he do within this year

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1857
Opposed the Freeport doctrine and Douglass running for president
Defended states rights and slavery in the territories

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15
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What year did Lincoln become president

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1860

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16
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Who was thrown in jail for treason by a grand jury but never stood a trial

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Jefferson Davis

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17
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What year did Jefferson Davis die

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1889

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18
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What were Lincoln’s experiences in politics

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Illinois legislature
U.S. Representative
Lawyer

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Where was Abraham Lincoln born?

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Kentucky

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Who was the most powerful president up to that time

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Lincoln

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21
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Who was considered the best president in history

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Lincoln

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22
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Who did Robert E. Lee marry

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Mary custis

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Who was the considered the perfect southern gentlemen and why

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Lee because he did not smoke, drink or use profane language

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Where did lee graduate

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West Point

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25
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What was lees role in the army at first

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An engineer

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26
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What year to Lee die

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1870

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27
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Who was admired for his excellent decisions and bravery in the Mexican war

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Lee

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28
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Who was the superintendent for West Point for three years

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Lee

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29
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Who was the commander of the Virginia militia

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Robert E. Lee

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30
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Who captured John brown at harpers ferry Virginia

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Lee

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31
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Who lost his citizenship and soon gained it back five years later

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Lee

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32
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Who was named the president of Washington university in Lexington Virginia

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Lee

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33
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Where lee and his family are buried, what is the chapel called

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The shrine of the south

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34
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What was Ulysses S. Grants actual name

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Hiram Ulysses Grant

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35
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What was grants POV about West Point

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He was appointed there and hated the discipline and graduated towards the bottom of his class

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36
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What was grants personality

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He liked to use profane language, drink and smoke

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37
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Who won praise for his bravery under the Mexican war

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Grant

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38
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Who did Grant marry

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Julia Dent

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39
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What did Julia Dent look like

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She was cross eyed (this was known as a thing of beauty)

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Who invested his entire life savings into a banking firm that his son was apart of

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Grant

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41
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What year did grant die

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1885

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42
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What gave Grants family $500,000

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His memoirs he wrote about the civil war

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43
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Who was an engineer during the civil war

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Lee

43
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Who surrendered his army at Appomattox

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Lee

43
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Who was the hero of the lost cause

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Lee

43
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Who was the president of the Washington college

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Lee

43
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What was grants campaign slogan

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Let us have peace

43
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Who stopped John brown at harpers ferry

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Lee

43
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Who was superintendent of the military academy

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Lee

44
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Who did lee serve under in the Mexican war

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Gen. Winfield Scott

45
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Who did grant serve under in the Mexican war

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Gen. Zachary Taylor

46
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Who was asked by Lincoln to be the union general

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Lee

47
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Who was the commander of the 21st Illinois infantry

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Grant

48
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Who captured fort donelson

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Grant

49
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Who preached submission to authority

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Lee

50
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What was the biggest advantage for the south

A

Confederate generals

51
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What did the confederate generals provide

A

A source lf consistency and strength

52
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Who was the commander of the army of Virginia

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Robert e lee

53
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Who was known as lees right arm man

A

Thomas stonewall Jackson

54
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Who was accidentally shot and killed by one of his own men

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Stonewall Jackson

55
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What is friendly fire

A

Getting shot accidentally by the same side

56
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What is gorilla war fare

A

Fighting unfair

57
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Who was in charge of lees cavalry

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James ewell brown Stuart

58
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Where was brown killed

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Spotsylvania

59
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Who was in charge of lees artillery

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James Longstreet

60
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Why was Longstreet considered a traitor

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He joined the Republican Party

61
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Who led hit and run attacks with about 100 men

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John mosby

62
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Who did Anderson teach

A

Beaugard

63
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Who betrayed Anderson and beat him in battle using his own tactics

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Beaugard

64
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What was the union fort at

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South Carolina

65
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Once the confederacy had been formed what struggle came up

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Getting supplies to Sumter

66
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What started the war

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South attacks the fort and he war began

67
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What final four states seceded

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Arkansas, Virginia, Tennessee, and North Carolina

68
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What was the unions three part strategy

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A) blockade all southern ports
B) take control of the Mississippi and Tennessee rivers - divide the south
C) take Richmond as soon as possible

69
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What was the Union army called

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Army of Potomac

70
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What general won a series of small battles in Tennessee

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Ulysses S. Grant

71
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Who was promoted to major general

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Grant

72
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What was the battle of Shiloh also known as

A

Bloody Shiloh

73
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What was Shiloh

A

A church on the Tennessee river

74
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What was the north causality for the battle of Shiloh

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13,700

75
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What was the south casualties for the battle is Shiloh

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10,700

76
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Who was the union commander

A

David Farragut

77
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Who captured Yorktown and Williamsburg

A

McClellan

78
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What is known as Stuart’s ride

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When lee sent Stuart and the cavalry around to attack McClellan from the rear

79
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What were the casualties for the north during the seven days battle

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16,500

80
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What were the casualties for the south during the seven days battle

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20,000

81
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Who lost to the seven days battle

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Union

82
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Who replaced McClellan

A

John Pope

83
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What was the first submarine ever to sink a ship

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H.L. Hunley

84
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Which ship was the first to use exploding shells

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C.S.S. Merrimack

85
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What submarine did they use to sink the U.S.S. Housatonic

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H.L. Hunley

86
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What was the only problem about the Hunley

A

The pole that held the TNT was not long enough and scattered the Hunley all over the charleston harbor

87
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What were the casualties for the 2nd battle of bull run

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North - 14,500

South - 9,500

88
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Who replaced Pope

A

McClellan

89
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Why did Lee want to invade the north during the battle of Antietam

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A) to get the fighting out of Virginia
B) he wanted to get money support from Europe
C) he also hoped to capture Maryland so he could surround Washington, D.C.

90
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What did Lee send his war plans in to Jackson (they never reached him because the messenger lost the plans)

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Wrapped in three cigars

91
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Who found lees plans

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McClellan - used them against him

92
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What did McClellan do when he found Lees plans

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Cornered him at Antietam creek

93
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FUN FACTS
what battle was the 12 bloodiest hours in history?
Twice as many men died at the battle of Antietam than what wars?
What were the casualties

A

1) battle of Antietam
2) war of 1812, Mexican war, Spanish-American war COMBINED
3) D-day

94
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What were the top union generals

A 
McDowell
McClellan
Pope
McClellan
Burnside
Hooker
Meade
Grant
95
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What were the results of the battle at Antietam

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A) south gets no help from Europe
B) Lincoln decides to write the emancipation proclamation
C) McClellan is fired and replaced by Ambrose burnside

96
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What is a pontoon bridge

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A bridge supported by barrels with a flat pei e on top

97
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Why did Burnside need the bridge

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To cross the rappahonnick river to attack Lee from behind

98
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Who replaced burnside

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Hooker

99
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What was hooker known as

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“Fighting joe”

100
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When did Lincoln issue the emancipation proclamation

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January first

101
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What did the emancipation proclamation state

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That all slaves in the confederate states were free

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