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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?