USI.9d Leaders of the Civil War

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16th President of the United States- led the country through the Civil War

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Abraham Lincoln

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Lincoln opposed the spread of

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slavery

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Lincoln believed this: The Union should be held together, by force if necessary

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The Union should be held together, by force if necessary

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Which does NOT fit with Abraham Lincoln? Gettysburg Address, Emancipation Proclamation

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Declaration of Independence

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President of the Confederate States of America

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Jefferson Davis

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General of the Army of Northern Virginia- offered command of the Union forces at the beginning of the war, but chose not to fight against Virginia

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Robert E. Lee

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A top Confederate general who was skilled in battle tactics (he was from Virginia, too!)

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Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson

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Lee believed this: The Union (country) should not be held together by force

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The Union (country) should not be held together by force

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After the war, what would Robert E. Lee have said? Options: "Keep fighting, never surrender!", "The war might be over, but we will never reunite.", "The war is over- we need to stop fighting and reunite as Americans."

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"The war is over- we need to stop fighting and reunite as Americans."

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Who was a former enslaved African American who promoted African American involvement in the Civil War?

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Frederick Douglass