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What advantages did the North have over the South in the US Civil War?Popularity: 485
What were the causes of the Civil War?
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What advantages did the South have over the North in the US Civil War?
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Why did the South secede from the Union?
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How many people died in the US Civil War?
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How would our country be different if the South had won the Civil War?
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How did slavery start?
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The Civil War ended when Robert E. Lee surrendered to U.S. Grant at?
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What were the total number of casualties for the North and the South?
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How did the Civil War start?
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How did slavery influence the US Civil War?
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Why did Lincoln issue the Emancipation Proclamation?
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What did Lincoln hope and fight for?
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What states were part of the Confederacy during the Civil War?
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What was life like for young engaged women living on a plantation during the Civil War?
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What is abolitionism?
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Why did the North fight to keep the South in the Union?
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Most Civil War battles were fought over control of what two modes of transport?
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What states supported the Union in the Civil War?
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Did Southern women during the Civil War have a hard time running the plantations alone?
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How and why did the abolitionist movement develop in the 1800's?
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What were the goals of the North and South in the Civil War?
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What invention helped lead to the Civil War?
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Where was Camp Mason during the Civil War?
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How many soldiers were on the South and the North during the Civil War?
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Would the names of drummer boys who were around 11 years old or so be listed on regimental rosters?
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How much land did the Confederacy cover as opposed to the Union?
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Could the South have won the US Civil War?
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The Civil War was the first thoroughly recorded by photography what was the reaction to these images?
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What was the Union's three part strategy for winning the Civil War?
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What are sites of 2 battles that were both won by the South?
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Who were some of the military leaders in the Civil War?
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Why did Britain and France decide not to support the Confederacy during the war?
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Why was a Confederate judiciary never created?
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Why was the Civil War called the rich man's war and the poor man's fight?
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Why did Robert E Lee choose the South and not the North?
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At the second Battle of Manassas how did General Pope manage to convince himself that Jackson's forces advancing on his flank were in fact retreating?
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What happened to slaves during the Civil War?
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What was the average age one had to be to fight in the Civil War?
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What is the famous closing to Lincoln's Gettysburg Address?
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Where were most of the battles fought during the Civil War?
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Where can you find information on 'Piles Guerrillas' Company H CSA in the WV or KY area?
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What was the name of the first person to ride break and train General Robert E Lee's war horse Traveller?
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What was the Yankee soldier and how many different kinds of Yankee soldiers were there?
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Where was the first battle of the Civil War?
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How did white Northern Abolitionists help with Underground railroad?
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What was the big Yank invention of the Civil War?
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What advantage did the South have over the North during the Civil War?
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Why did Southern officers in the US Army take their oaths so lightly after their states seceded?
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What generals did the North have?
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Who fought during the Civil War?
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How do you find information on Robert E Lee's horse Traveller?
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What was the Dred Scott decision?
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Who was the first man to die in the Civil War?
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What happened to the border states in the Civil War?
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Why didn't General Stonewall Jackson ever eat good food?
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What Confederate general liked lemons?
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What was the name of General Robert E Lee's horse?
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What was Lincoln's position on Reconstruction?
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What was the term for a person who was against slavery?
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What Southern officers fought with the Union during the Civil War?
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Would the US be better off if the South had won the Civil War?
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Why did business expand after the Civil War?
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How long did the Civil War last?
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Can the differences that caused the Civil War still be seen in American society?
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Why didn't the South continue on toward Washington DC?
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What was the significance of the Union's victory at Vicksburg MS?
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What were some reasons the Civil War was called the first modern war?
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Where was the US Civil War fought in 1861-1865?
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Are the causes of the Civil War still around today?
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