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What Confederate attack initiated the Civil War?
Fort Sumter
Which side knew the terrain better?
Confederacy
Who was the President of the Confederacy?
Jefferson Davis
Who was the leader of the Confederate army?
Robert E. Lee
Who was the (most famous) leader of the Union army?
Ulysses S. Grant
Who was the first African American awarded the Medal of Honor?
William Carney
After the war ended, what was the main goal?
put the Union back together
Which slaves were affected by the Emancipation Proclamation?
only slaves living in the Confederacy
In Lincoln's First Inaugural Address, he says that _____
the Union matters more than the current disagreements between the states
In Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address, he wants to
reunite the nation following the war
How did losing control of the Mississippi River affect the Confederacy?
It divided it in two and cut off supplies
In Lincoln's Address to Congress in 1861, he was addressing the
legal ability of states to secede
Which side had a stronger navy, more factories and a larger population?
The North
"All knew that this interest was, somehow, the cause of the war." What does interest refer to?
slavery
What encouraged African Americans to fight and shifted the focus of the war to freedom for all?
Emancipation Proclamation
What happened at Appomattox Court House, Virginia?
Lee surrenders to Grant
