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-Guarantee passing score -42 Questions and Answers -format set of multiple-choice -Expert-Verified Explanation Question 1: Confederate General of Virginia represent skilled military leadership during the Civil War
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General Lee
Question 2: Were African Americans allowed to fight in the Civil War?
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YES- after Emancipation Proclamation, fought for Union Question 3: Rule in which the military is in charge and citizens' rights are suspended
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martial law
Question 4: Constitutional protection against unlawful improsionment
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habeas corpus
Question 5: Warships covered with protective iron plates
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Ironclades Question 6: Advantages: more experienced military leaders and fighting on their land Which side does this describe?
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The South
Question 7: What were the 2 key results of the Civil War?
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Reunited the nation and put an end to slavery Question 8: Speech given after re-election, suggesting a peaceful and forgiving path to reconstruction (rejoining the southern states into the Union) after the war's end.
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Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address
Question 9: What were the different parts of the Anaconda Plan?
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Block southern ports, gain control of the Mississippi River to split the south in two, and seize Richmond Question 10: The plans for a period of readmitting southern states and citizens to the Union; members of Congress argued whether to be lenient or harsh in punishing the south for rebellion.
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Reconstruction Question 11: The document released by South Carolina declaring that they are breaking away from the Union is called
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Secession Ordinance
Question 12: Lincoln uses his authority as Commander-in-Chief of the military to declare all slaves in rebel states as free; does not free slaves in northern states, but encourages more African-Americans to enlist in the Union army.
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Emancipation Proclamation
Question 13: Were women allowed to fight in Civil War?
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NO- but many helped by being spies, nurses, taking care of businesses and farms back home, and work in factories Some disguised themselves as men to fight Question 14: Abraham Lincoln's main goal and purpose for declaring war against the seceded states.
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Preserving the union
Question 15: States that did not secede from the United States were called
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Union States
Question 16: Tax on the money people recieve
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income tax
Question 17: Not favoring either side
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Neutral
Question 18: A slave state that did not secede
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Border State
Question 19: The first battle of the Civil War, proving that the South will take up arms against the government of the United States.
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Fort Sumter Question 20: Killed by a southern sympathizer, plans for reconstruction changed; Lincoln had proposed a plan for peaceful reconciliation for southern states.
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Lincoln's Assassination Question 21: Large number of causalities for both sides; seen as a victory for the Union; encourages Lincoln to announce the Emancipation Proclamation
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Battle of Antietam
Question 22: How could the soldiers who fought in the Civil War be described?
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volunteers, young, and inexperienced Question 23: Turning point for the Union by halting Confederate invasion; Lincoln used dedication ceremony for the cemetery (Gettysburg Address) to honor fallen soldiers and restate the goal of war to end slavery.
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Battle of Gettysburg Question 24: A military action to prevent traffic from coming into an area or leaving it
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blockade
Question 25: Who led total war and the march to the sea?
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General Sherman