What did the South fight for during the Civil War?
What is... People in the South fought to have their own country, the Confederate States of America.
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What did the North fight for during the Civil War?
What is... The North fought so that all states would remain in the Union.
100
What is another name for the United States?
What is Union?
100
Who owned Fort Sumter?
What is the United States?
100
Why did Robert E. Lee surrender?
What is... Robert E. Lee know that they Confederates could not win the war. There was very little food to eat in the South. Lee's army was hungry and weak. He did not want more people to die in the war.
200
Who was the leader of the Confederate Leader (Southern) army?
What is... Who is Robert E. Lee?
200
Who was the leader of the Union (North) army?
What is... Who was Ulysses S. Grant?
200
What are people who live in the Confederate states called?
What are confederates?
200
Where was Fort Sumter located?
What is South Carolina?
200
Who was the President during the Civil War?
Who is President Abraham Lincoln?
300
What was the name of the new country started by the South?
What is the Confederate States of America?
300
About how many soldiers died in the Civil War?
What is... almost 600,000 soldiers in the North and South.
300
Where were most of the battles of the Civil War fought?
What is... in the South?
300
What kind of state was South Carolina? Union or Confederate
What is a confederate state?
300
What was President Lincoln's goal?
What is... President Lincoln's goal was for the North and South to be one nation?
400
Why did the Confederates think they could win the Civil War?
What is... they had many good army generals and brave soldiers?
400
What is... why did the North think they could win the Civil War?
What is.. they had more more people and more soldiers. They had more money to pay for a war. They had railroads and more factories to make guns.
400
What happened five days after the Civil War ended?
What is... Abraham Lincoln was shot in the head? He died the next day.
400
How did the war break out?
What is... The Confederates said that the United States must give Fort Sumter to the Confederate States of America, but the Union soldiers would not surrender Fort Sumter.
400
What did President Lincoln due to fulfill his goal?
What is... to fulfill his goal of having the North and South become one nation, President Lincoln decided to help the Union win the war by working to end slavery?
500
What were some of the roles of women in the Civil War?
What is... they took care of the farms and factories; some were spies; some were nurses.
500
How long did the Civil War last?
What is... it lasted for four (4) years?
500
What happened to make Robert E. Lee surrender?
What is in 1865 the Union soldiers captured Richmond, Virginia. Richmond was the capital of the Confederate States. Robert E. Lee know that the Confederates could not win the war?
500
Who started the war at Fort Sumter?
What is... The confederate (southern) soldiers began to shoot at Fort Sumter?
500
What did President order for all saves in the Confederate states?
What is he gave orders that said all slaves in the Confederate States were free?