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8:In what order and dates did the first seven Southern States secede from the Union?
8:How long did it take the Confederate States of America to set up their government in Montgomery, Alabama?
8:When did the Confederates open fire on Fort Sumter?
9:What two states joined the Confederate States of America in May?
9:What was the average number of slaves owned by Virginia delegates voting for secession?
9:During secession, which future general would exert an influence in the Upper South?
10:What was the official northern name for the conflict?
10:Who invented the C.S.S. Hunley and how many times did it sink?
10:What rank suffered the highest combat causalities?
11:What was a Quaker gun?
11:Who had the superiority of fresh troops during the battle of Bull Run, North or South?
11:What was the difference in the naming of battles between the Confederates and the Union?
12:How many miles of coastline did the Confederacy have?
12:Why did Lincoln let Mason and Slidell go free?
12:What was the primary task of the Union Navy?
13:What were the first two river victories that Grant and Foote accomplished together?
13:What battle disabused Yankees of their notion of a quick collapse in the West?
13:For Naval defense the Confederacy relied mainly on what?
14:What was the Internal Revenue Act of 1862 and what was its significance?
14:The Confederates passed the Conscription Law on what date? It was what first for our nation's history, and what were the exemptions?
14:What was the most controversial form of draft exemption?
15:What river was near the battle of Seven Pines?
15:How many men were killed or wounded in the Seven Days war?
15:True or False- Disease was a greater threat to the health of the soldiers than being killed by the enemy?
16:On what date did Lincoln inform the cabinet of his intention to issue a proclamation of freedom? How many cabinet members voted no on it and why?
16:What were the Republican factions, and what did they espouse to?
16:What was the growing Republican conviction about slavery in 1862?
17:What was Secretary of State Stanton and General Grant's number one priority in their mind?
17:True or False- More men died on the beaches in Normandy than at Antietam?
17:Concerning war tactics and railroads, what did Union generals learn from Napoleon?
18:What did General Beauregard call for in response to the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation?
18:When did Lincoln remove McClellan as the Commander of the Potomac Army?
18:Why were English workers against the South and slavery?
8:What was the first state to secede following Lincoln's election?
8:What did the Crittenden Compromise propose, and did it pass?
8:True or False- The Constitution of 1781 had been ratified by state conventions, and not by popular vote?
9:What event persuaded 4 states to secede?
9:Whose lawyer petitioned the federal circuit court in Baltimore after being arrested for underground confederate activities?
9:In October 1861, what did Richmond papers call Robert E. Lee?
10:Where did Confederate Gen. Jefferson Davis graduate from?
10:In 1860, how many of the eight military colleges were in slave states?
10:By 1862, how many men joined the Union Army?
11:Who was commanding a brigade from the Shenandoah Valley that was said to be a stern disciplinarian without tolerance for human weakness?
11:What did the Yankees call the day after Bull Run?
11:How old was McClellan when he became renown in the Mexican war?
12:What was the South's principal weapon of foreign policy?
12:What branch of the Union military achieved some of the most important military successes?
12:What was the main goal of the Confederate foreign policy?
13:Who surrendered Fort Donelson to Grant on February 16?
13:The killed and wounded at Shiloh was nearly double the combined count of what battles?
13:On May 15, why did the Monitor prove ineffective?
14:What was stated in the first conscription law enacted on April 16?
14:What congressional act led to the creation of a national currency and altered the monetary structure of the United States?
14:What are the cited examples of what the 37th Congress did to change the course of national life?
15:Who described Lee as cautious and weak under grave responsibility?
15:How many men were killed and wounded in the Seven Days Battle?
15:What was a greater threat to the health of Civil War soldiers than enemy weapons?
16:What circumstance gave added force to Lincoln's first step in the direction of an emancipation policy?
16:Who said that slavery was the greatest wrong inflicted on any people?
16:In 1863, where did the United States government sponsor a settlement of 453 colonists?
17:Who established the U.S. Military Rail Roads?
17:What was Antietam called by the South?
17:The casualties suffered at Antietam were how many more times than that at the Normandy beaches?
18:Who said I expect to maintain this contest until successful, or till I die?
18:What day did Lincoln issue his Emancipation Proclamation?
18:Who said the Emancipation Proclamation was an act of immense historic consequence?