Question | Answer |
What year did the Civil War begin? | 1861
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How many Indiana Soldiers died in battle? | 7,000
| How many Indiana Soldiers died from illness and infection? | 18,000
| Who shot President Abraham Lincoln? | John Wilkes Booth
| What did the Emancipation Proclamation do? | Freed slaves in the confederate states
| Where was President Lincoln when he was shot? | Ford's Theater
| What was the name the Northern states called themselves? | Union
| What was the name the Southern states called themselves? | Confederacy
| What is the name of the system of secret routes for enslaved African Americans escaping to the North? | Underground Railroad
| What are State's Rights? | Belief that states should make their own laws about any issue that was not granted to Congress in the US Constitution
| What two issues did Abraham Lincoln face? | Slavery and State's Rights
| Which side had more factories, the North or the South? | North
| Which side had a stronger army, the North or the South? | South
| What is a Civil War? | A war that is fought among people in the same country
| What does it mean to secede? | to break away from a nation or organization
| Why was the Civil War called the first modern war? | because of the new technology used
| What does abolition mean? | an end to slavery
| What document freed slaves in the Confederate states? | Emancipation Proclamation
| Give an example of something that an abolitionist did. | Worked on the Underground Railroad, wrote books, public speaking, etc.
| What did women do during the war? | They became nurses, made war equipment, and made clothes for the soldiers |