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The American Civil War
The American Civil War
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Questions about famous people, vocabulary, events, and ideas as they relate to the U.S. Civil War.
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This was one of the powerful "Hidden Weapons" of in the war?
magnifying glass
railroad
iron clad ships
Hot air balloon
2
What was the first tool of mass communication to be used in this war successfully?
twitter
telephone
telegraph
mail
3
What document would officially free the slaves in the south?
The U.S. Constitution
Gettysburg Address
Declaration of Independence
Emancipation Proclamation
4
Who was the mastermind behind the "Scorched Earth Approach or the Total War" campaign?
U.S. Grant
Philip Sheridan
George McClellan
William T. Sherman
5
The primary reason for unprecedented amounts of slaughter in the Civil War?
Cannon
Mini Ball
Saber
bayonet
6
To break away from the Union was called
abolitionists
Succession
Tyranny
ravine
7
President of the Confederate States of America?
Robert E. Lee
Thomas Jefferson
Jefferson Davis
George Pickett
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What fraction of the world's amount of "white gold" was grown in the south?
2/3
1/3
1/4
1/2
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Number of amputations performed from infected wounds and diseases in the war?
100,000
25,000
60,000
10,000
10
This Civil War battlefield nurse would go on to establish the Red Cross?
Mary Walker
Florence Nightingale
Clara Barton
Pauline Cushman
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What percentage of the American People died in the Civil War?
15%
10%
2%
5%
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First attack of the Civil War?
Bull Run
Gettsyburg
Shiloh
Fort Sumter
