Civil War

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Formal withdrawal of states or regions from a nation?

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Secession

Front

Who was the 16th President of the United States, a Republican, served during the Civil War?

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Abraham Lincoln

Front

Who was the only elected president of the Confederate States of America?

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Jefferson Davis

Front

Who was the commander of the Union Army after 1864?

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Ulysses S. Grant

Front

What was issued by Abraham Lincoln in 1863 declaring all slaves in the confederate states free?

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Emancipation Proclamation

Front

At which fort did the first hostilities of the Civil War take place?

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Fort Sumter

Front

Which was the site of the surrender of the Confederate Army under Robert E. Lee to Union commander Ulysses S. Grant Gettysburg, Antietam, Appomattox Courthouse, Vicksburg

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Appomattox Courthouse

Front

Which was the first all volunteer African American Company from Massachusetts?

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The 54th

Front

Which Civil War battle did the North succeed in halting Lee's Confederate forces in Maryland and was considered the bloodiest battle of the war?

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Antietam

Front

Why was Gettysburg considered a turning point in the Civil War?

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All these reasons are correct: The confederates tried to bring the war north, the confederates lost almost 1/4 of their army, the union re-dedicated themselves to the war effort.