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  1. What event prompted Virginia to secede in April 1861?

    Answer: Lincoln's call for troops after Fort Sumter

    Virginia left the Union after Lincoln asked states to send troops to put down the rebellion.

  2. Why was Richmond's location a strategic risk for the Confederacy?

    Answer: It was only about 100 miles from Washington, D.C.

    As the Confederate capital, Richmond was close to the Union capital and a constant target.

  3. The Emancipation Proclamation (1863) declared free enslaved people in:

    Answer: Areas in rebellion against the Union

    It applied to Confederate-held areas and made ending slavery a Union war aim.

  4. Which 1863 battle, along with Vicksburg, marked a turning point of the Civil War?

    Answer: Gettysburg

    Lee's defeat at Gettysburg ended his invasion of the North.

  5. Where did Robert E. Lee surrender to Ulysses S. Grant in April 1865?

    Answer: Appomattox Court House

    Lee surrendered at Appomattox Court House, Virginia, effectively ending the war.

  6. Which amendment abolished slavery in the United States?

    Answer: Thirteenth

    The Thirteenth Amendment, ratified in 1865, outlawed slavery.

  7. What was the Freedmen's Bureau created to do?

    Answer: Help formerly enslaved people with food, education, and labor contracts

    The bureau aided freed people during Reconstruction.

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