SSUSH8 and SSUSH 9 REVIEW

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After seceding from the Union in around 1860, these Southern states formed the _________.

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Confederate States of America

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What advantages did the Union have over the Confederacy? Options: better generals, stronger allies, natives were on their side, more factories and railroads

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more factories and railroads

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How did the Union hope to damage Confederate trade and transportation during the Civil War? Options: by patrolling rivers and the Gulf of Mexico, by attacking railroads, by blockading ports and controlling the Mississippi River, by taking over Southern farms and factories

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by blockading ports and controlling the Mississippi River

Front

What battle was the single, bloodiest day in the Civil War?

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Antietam

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Which battle is considered the turning point of the Civil War?

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Battle of Gettysburg

Front

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

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Jefferson Davis

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

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Fort Sumter

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An abolitionist is

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a person who wanted to end slavery

Front

What was the Emancipation Proclamation?

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freed the slaves in the rebelling states

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The westward expansion in the picture is an example of

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Manifest Destiny