Unit 5.2, Civil War & Reconstruction, "Neighbor Against Neigbor"

Front

Where is Fort Sumter located?

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Charleston, South Carolina

Front

During which event location did the state militia surround a federal fort full of US soldiers?

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Fort Sumter

Front

What battle is considered the turning point of the Civil War where half of the Confederate soldiers were killed?

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Gettysburg

Front

Where were the first shots fired that started the Civil War?

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Fort Sumter

Front

How did the Confederacy view President Lincoln's refusal to give control of Fort Sumter to the Confederacy & send ships with supplies to reinforce the US soldiers?

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The Confederacy viewed Lincoln's actions as an act of war (threat) since they had seceded from the Union.

Front

What confederate city was a center for industries & railroad, which made it an important site for supplies for the Confederates?

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Atlanta, Georgia

Front

Which event "broke the back of the Confederacy" and "hastened the war's end?"

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Sherman's March to the Sea

Front

Which leader refused to give the confederate states control of Fort Sumter & decided to send ships with supplies for the US soldiers instead?

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Abraham Lincoln

Front

Who was President during the Civil War who refused to give up control of Fort Sumter & sent ships with reinforcements instead? After the Battle of Gettysburg, he delivered the Gettysburg Address that dedicated that battlefield as a cemetery of the war dead.

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Abraham Lincoln

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Leader of the Confederate army who marched to Gettysburg & ordered 14,000 soldiers to attack an awaiting Union army.

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Robert E. Lee