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How did losing control of the Mississippi River affect the Confederacy?

It divided it in two and cut off supplies

States' Rights, Dred Scott, Slavery, Lincoln...are all related to what historical era?

Civil War

What Confederate attack initiated the Civil War?

Fort Sumter

Which slaves were affected by the Emancipation Proclamation?

only slaves living in the Confederacy

What happened at Appomattox Court House, Virginia?

Lee surrenders to Grant

What happened to the South during Sherman's March to the Sea?

it was destroyed

"All knew that this interest was, somehow, the cause of the war." What does interest refer to?

slavery

Who was the leader of the Confederate army?

Robert E. Lee

In Lincoln's Address to Congress in 1861, he was addressing the

legal ability of states to secede

Who was the first African American awarded the Medal of Honor?

William Carney

What battles are the turning points of the Civil War?

Gettysburg and Vicksburg

In Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address, he wants to

reunite the nation following the war

Which side had a stronger navy, more factories and a larger population?

The North

Who was the (most famous) leader of the Union army?

Ulysses S. Grant

Which U.S. physical characteristics led to sectionalism and then to the Civil War?

Plantation farming and slavery

Who was the President of the Union?

Abraham Lincoln

Which side knew the terrain better?

Confederacy

After the war ended, what was the main goal?

put the Union back together

At which battle did the Union gain control of the Mississippi River?

Battle of Vicksburg

What encouraged African Americans to fight and shifted the focus of the war to freedom for all?

Emancipation Proclamation

Who was the President of the Confederacy?

Jefferson Davis

In Lincoln's First Inaugural Address, he says that _____

the Union matters more than the current disagreements between the states