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8th Grade US History
History Facts 111-120
Question | Answer |
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The capture of ________, Mississippi by the North in 1863 effectively split the Confederacy in two and gave control of the Mississippi River to the Union. | Vicksburg |
is the small town in Virginia where Lee surrendered the Confederate Army to Grant ending the Civil War. | Appomattox Court House |
____________was the bloodiest single day battle of the Civil War halting the first Confederate attack onto Northern soil. Lincoln declared the battle a victory and issued the Emancipation Proclamation | Antietam, Maryland |
___________ was the President of the Confederacy during the Civil War. | Jefferson Davis |
__________was the General of the Union Army and was responsible for winning the Civil War for the North. | Ulysses S. Grant |
___________ was the commanding General of the Confederate Army. | Robert E. Lee |
________ was the 16th President of the United States who successfully put the Union back together only to be assassinated 5 days after the Civil War ended | Abraham Lincoln |
The __________ Amendment abolished slavery | Thirteenth |
The __________ Amendment guarantees citizenship and rights to all people born or naturalized in the United States. | Fourteenth |
The ___________Amendment guarantees the right to vote to all citizens regardless of race. | Fifteenth |