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Better transportation Produced 80% of wheat More money than South |
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Rural life made them better prepared to be soldiers (physical labor) Trained military leaders Fighting for a cause they were passionate about. |
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Defended only their territory and thought Britain was on their side |
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What were the effects of military technology on the war? |
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More accurate weapons resulting in huge casualties. |
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Tell about the Emancipation Proclamation |
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What state was the first to secede? |
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How many total states seceded? |
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What states followed S. Carolina |
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Alabama, Florida, Mississippi |
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What was the capital of the North |
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What was the capital of the South? |
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What was the North's ironclad ship? |
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What was the South's ironclad ship? |
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How did the battle between the Monitor and the Merrimack end? |
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Where was the battle of Antietam held? |
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near Sharpsburg, Maryland |
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What was the outcome of the battle of Antietam? |
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The North won and Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation |
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Where was the battle of Gettysburg held? |
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What was the outcome of the battle of Gettysburg? |
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A machine to prepare cotton and clean cotton in a shorter time. |
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What were the Northern States called? |
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What were the Southern States called |
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The Confederacy or The Confederate Army |
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Which Amendment ended slavery in the US? |
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Where did the official surrender of the South occur? |
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The Appomattox Courthouse |
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Who was the president of the Confederacy? |
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Who was the most successful Southern general in the civil war? |
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What result did more accurate weapons have on the war? |
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Huge casualties (deaths and injuries) |
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What was Lincoln's speech, The Gettysburg Address, about? |
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Honoring the soldiers who had fought at Gettysburg. |
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Name three experiences soldiers on both sides had. |
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Horrible food Watch friends die Leaving families behind |
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Who was made a Confederate legend by his many victories over the North? |
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What famous woman led slaves to freedom on the underground railroad? |
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Who was Frederick Douglass |
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A famous American abolitionist |
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What state was destroyed by William T. Sherman and his men? |
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Why was the victory in Gettysburg, VA so important? (What was halted?) |
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The invasion by Lee into the North was halted. |
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Why was the battle of Gettysburg considered to be the "turning point" of the war? |
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After that, the South began losing and North victories increased. |
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Did Lincoln wish to punish the South when the war was over? |
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No, he only wanted them to rejoin the union. |
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Who was the most successful Northern general in the Civil War |
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What did the Emancipation Proclamation declare? |
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Freedom to all slaves in all Confederate states which were still at war with the Union. |
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What was the main cause of the civil war? |
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North wanted slavery to end, South wanted it to continue. |
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What is a blockade strategy? |
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North blocked the South's ports to restrict trade with Britain, force them to rejoin union. |
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