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. Which state seceded first?

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. Which demand was not part of the Crittenden Compromise?

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. What caused the upper South to secede?

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. How did the Confederate Constitution differ from the US Constitution?

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. What are "contrabands" of war?

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. Benjamin Butler

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. In 1863, Abraham Lincoln felt that Ulysses S. Grant shared his strategic commitment to do what?

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. The northern strategy of "hard war" focused on

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. The effectiveness of joint operations between the Union's army and navy depended on the

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. What did not happen at the first Battle of Bull Run?

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. The United States Sanitary Commission did which of the following?

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. What was one significant outcome of the Battle of Shiloh?

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. _______ was the victory Lincoln was waiting for to make the Emancipation Proclamation public.

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. What was George B. McClellan's greatest strength?

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. Which best describes the South at the end of the war?

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. How did the Union pay for the war?

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. In which area did the Confederacy hold its own to the Union?

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. What did the Emancipation Proclamation declare?

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. Which of the following statements best describes the election of 1864?

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. How did the Civil War redistribute political power for the rest of the century?

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. The Homestead Act offered

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. Which statement is not correct?

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. Map showing the Secession of the Southern States in North America. Border States, slave states that did not secede, are Kentucky, Missouri, West Virginia, Maryland, and Delaware. States that seceded before the fall of fort Sumter are Texas February First 18 61, Louisiana January twenty sixth 18 61, Mississippi January ninth 18 61, Alabama January eleventh 18 61, Georgia January nineteenth 18 61, Florida January tenth 18 61, South Carolina December 20 1860. States that seceded after the fall of Fort Sumter are Arkansas May sixth 18 61, Tennessee May seventh 18 61, North Carolina May twentieth 18 61, Virginia April seventeenth 18 61. The Western countries of Virginia remained loyal to the Union and were admitted as the State of West Virginia in 18 63.
Map 14-1: The Secession of the Southern States." The map illustrates which of the following historical developments?

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. The Confederate's strategy was defensive while the Union's strategy was more aggressive.

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. Before his death, Lincoln outlined a strong Reconstruction policy that Congress later followed.

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. At the outset of the war, most northerners supported the war to restore the Union rather than to destroy slavery.

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. The first military draft was instituted during the Civil War.

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. The Civil War advanced the practice of nursing.

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. General Ulysses S. Grant burned half of Atlanta to the ground, turned east, and marched toward the sea.

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. Confederate soldiers pose for a photo.
Confederate soldiers pose before the Battle of Bull Run. This photo indicates that the war was fought between two professional armies.

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