Name the U.S. war between the North and the South.

On the 2008 test

The 2008 test asks this as Question 73, in the same words.

Answers listed for the 2008 question (2), next to the 1 above. Compare them before you study from an older list.

• the Civil War
• the War between the States

Background

The war between the North and the South was the Civil War, also called the War between the States. The Civil War decided whether the nation would stay united and whether slavery would continue.

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• Question 90: What territory did the United States buy from France in 1803?Louisiana Territory · Louisiana
• Question 91: Name one war fought by the United States in the 1800s.War of 1812 · Mexican-American War · Civil War · Spanish-American War
• Question 93: The Civil War had many important events. Name one.(Battle of) Fort Sumter · Emancipation Proclamation · (Battle of) Vicksburg · (Battle of) Gettysburg · Sherman’s March · (Surrender at) Appomattox · (Battle of) Antietam/Sharpsburg · Lincoln was assassinated.
• Question 94: Abraham Lincoln is famous for many things. Name one.Freed the slaves (Emancipation Proclamation) · Saved (or preserved) the Union · Led the United States during the Civil War · 16th president of the United States · Delivered the Gettysburg Address
• Question 95: What did the Emancipation Proclamation do?Freed the slaves · Freed slaves in the Confederacy · Freed slaves in the Confederate states · Freed slaves in most Southern states