Statistics for The American Civil War

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
What was the north side's name?	The Union	94%
What was the south side's name?	The Confederacy	88%
Which president signed the Emancipation Proclamation, which declared slaves free?	Abraham Lincoln	75%
What was the Union fighting to end?	Slavery	72%
What year did the war end?	1865	66%
What was the name of the escape route that slaves used?	The Underground Railroad	66%
Who was a general that fought in the war, and latter became president himself?	Ulysses S Grant	66%
What woman, born in Maryland, was a crucial part of the above answer?	Harriet Tubman	59%
Who was the above answer's friend, a former slave himself, who helped free slaves?	Frederick Douglas	56%
Who was the President of the Confederacy?	Jefferson Davis	56%
What is the name of the bloodiest battle in the war?	The Battle of Gettysburg	53%
How many states succeeded from the Union and joined the Confederacy?	Eleven	22%
How many years did the Confederacy last?	Four years	22%
How many men fought in the war?	Three million	13%
How many died in the war?	620,000	9%