Civil War

Question 1

Describe Civil War combat

Accepted Answer

modern weapons were used, brutal, hand to hand combat

Question 2

One reason the Union won Gettysburg was that they

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had the high ground

Question 3

Who was the leader of the Union army when it defeated Lee and the Confederates?

Accepted Answer

Ulysses S. Grant

Question 4

Which general fought at the Battle of Bull Run and would later lose his arm and life?

Accepted Answer

Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson

Question 5

The Gettysburg Address

Accepted Answer

was written by Abraham Lincoln, reiterated that the War was fought to preserve the Union

Question 6

What was the turning point of the Civil War?

Accepted Answer

Battle of Gettysburg

Question 7

What are the gray states on the map below called?

Accepted Answer

South

Question 8

Robert Smalls was

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a Congressman after the war, highly honored for feats of bravery and heroism, a captain in the Navy

Question 9

African American soldiers

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were discriminated against, were in segregated units, fought for both the Union and Confederate armies

Question 10

Describe diseases during the Civil War

Accepted Answer

Disease killed more soldiers than bullets

Question 11

What are the blue states on the map below called?

Accepted Answer

North

Question 12

Who founded the American Red Cross?

Accepted Answer

Clara Barton

Question 13

What happened to Confederate soldiers as the war waged on?

Accepted Answer

They became younger, They became more poorly equipped and clothed

Question 14

What are the red states on the map below called?

Accepted Answer

Border

Question 15

Who issued the Emancipation Proclamation?

Accepted Answer

Abraham Lincoln

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