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Who was the President of the United States at the time the Civil War began?
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Abraham Lincoln
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What man, considered a military genius, became the leader of
Confederate forces when Virginia seceded?
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Robert E. Lee
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What woman was a Union nurse during the war and eventually
founded the Red Cross?
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Clara Barton
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What Union general was the leader of the western army, most notably at
Shiloh?
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Ulysses S. Grant
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What group of Northern Democrats wanted peace with the South and were seen as traitors by Northern
Republicans?
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Copperheads
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What southern general was Lee’s most trusted subordinate?
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Stonewall Jackson
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What Union general was known for being cautious, and was eventually
fired for being too cautious?
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George McClellan
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Who was the President of the Confederate States of America?
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Jefferson Davis
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What southern officer led the attack at Fort Pillow founded the Ku Klux
Klan after the war?
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Nathan Bedford Forrest
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What Union admiral led a fleet of 40 ships to capture the lower Mississippi
River?
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David Farragut
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Where were the first shots of the war fired?
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Fort Sumter
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Where did the first major bloodshed of the war take place?
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Bull Run
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What fort was attacked by Southern troops and saw the massacre of 200
black Union troops?
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Fort Pillow
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What was the capital the Confederacy?
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Richmond
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What two ships fought the first battle between two ironclads, signaling the
end of wooden warships?
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Merrimack and Monitor
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What Civil War battle was the bloodiest day in American history?
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Antietam
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What Union victory along the Mississippi showed that their plan to divide the Confederacy may work?
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Shiloh
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What series of skirmishes was caused McClellan to retreat from his plan to
capture the Confederate capital?
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Seven Days’ Battles
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What is the most notorious southern prison camp, at which between 1/3
and 1/2 of the prisoners died within a year?
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Andersonville
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What city on the lower Mississippi was captured by the Union fleet in
April of 1862?
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New Orleans
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What was suspended by Lincoln to deal with dissenters?
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Habeas Corpus
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What is another term for the draft?
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Conscription
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What document freed the slaves in states in rebellion, but allowed other
states to keep their slaves?
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Emancipation Proclamation
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What was the term for the Union strategy of surrounding the south and
“strangling” them by cutting off trade?
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Anaconda Plan
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What was the name of the ship from which two Confederate officials were
taken, almost leading to war with Britain?
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The Trent