Civil War

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The Confederates were fighting a(n)

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defensive war

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If the Union were to defeat Vicksburg and take control of the Mississippi River, how would this help the Union? Options: it could control the movement of trade and goods, it was a natural division to “split the South”, it was an easier invasion route to the South than by land, all of the above

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all of the above

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More factories, population, and a better navy were

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Union advantages

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Better officers, defending their own homes, and not having to go on the attack were

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Confederate advantages

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This caused widespread fear in the South about the future of slavery: the election of Jefferson Davis, High tariffs, the election of Abraham Lincoln, the death of Stonewall Jackson

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the election of Abraham Lincoln

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The Civil War began when Confederate forces launched an attack at which location?

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Fort Sumter

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This freed the slaves in Confederate states.

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The Emancipation Proclamation

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At the beginning of the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln maintained that the war was being fought to 

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preserve the Union

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Why was the Battle of Gettysburg significant to the Civil War?

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Lee was defeated in the North and forced to flee back to the South

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According to the quotation by Abraham Lincoln, "A house divided against itself cannot stand. I believe this government cannot endure permanently half slave and half free," what did he believe?

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sectional differences threatened to destroy the Union