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The Civil War Animated Battle Map (Runtime 27:28)
The American Battlefield Trust Civil War Animated Battle Map tells the story of the American
Civil War from its origins to its outcomes. The following questions can be answered by students
during or after viewing the Civil War Animated Battle Map. Click here to access the video.
1. What were the stereotypes of Northerners and Southerners?
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2. Arguments over which key issue in the United States during the 1830s and 1840s led to
Civil War?
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3. What crisis brought Southern slaveholders into northern territories?
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4. What book galvanizes people against the cruelty of slavery?
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5. Who attempted to lead a slave uprising that convinced southerners that their way of life
and lives were in danger?
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6. Who was a prairie lawyer turned politician?
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7. Who was a senator from Mississippi and former Secretary of War?
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8. Where was the first battle of the Civil War fought? Which side won?
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9. Who refused to recognize the Confederacy and deemed secession unconstitutional?
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10. Name three Confederate victories in 1861.
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11. What does the South view the Civil War as? What did they think they needed to do to
win?
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12. What up and coming Union general told the Confederates at Fort Donelson that no
terms except for immediate and unconditional surrender could be accepted? What was
his nickname after this surrender?
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13. The world’s first battle of ironclad warships was fought between what two ships?
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14. Who assumed command of the Confederate armies outside of Richmond in June of
1862?
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15. Which battle produced the bloodiest single day in American history?
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16. Abraham Lincoln signed what decree on January 1, 1863, that freed slaves in areas of
the United States still in rebellion? After this decree, who were now allowed in the
Union army?
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17. Which event dissuades France and England from supporting the Confederacy? Why?
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18. What is the bloodiest battle of the Civil War? Which side won?
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19. At what 1863 battle did United States colored Troops prove their valor?
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20. Who delivered the Gettysburg Address?
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21. Who was up for reelection in 1864?
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22. Who does President Lincoln promote to General in Chief of all Union armies? How does
this General plan to do to defeat the Confederacy?
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23. What city does General Grant attack to put pressure on the Confederate capital of
Richmond, VA? Why does he attack this city?
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24. Union General William T. Sherman advanced on what city in early 1864?
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25. Name three Union victories help to seal a second term for President Abraham Lincoln?
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26. By the end of 1864, who was able to march almost at will through the Deep South?
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27. Where does Robert E. Lee surrender? Why does he surrender?
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28. Who assassinated Abraham Lincoln, and what was the assassin’s occupation?
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The Civil War Animated Map
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29. How many Americans died during the Civil War? If the same percentage died with
today’s population, how many Americans would be died?
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30. What three amendments were adopted immediately after the Civil War, and what rights
did they guarantee?
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