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Historians agree that the foremost cause of the Civil War was slavery, but Southerners at the time and even some people today claim that something else was the primary cause of the war. What was this other cause?	States' rights: - The belief that the states should hold power over the federal government, and not the other way around.	100%
Which of these states did not secede from the Union?	Delaware	94%
Near the end of the war, general William Tecumseh Sherman led his army down through the South to encircle a large part of it and force it to surrender. On his way, Sherman famously burned down which Southern city?	Atlanta, Georgia	81%
Which Mississippian was the only President of the Confederate States?	Jefferson Davis	75%
Abraham Lincoln was responsible for abolishing slavery, but what were his opinions on black people?	He believed that all men regardless of their race had the right to improve their own lives, and that slavery made that impossible. However, he still saw whites as superior to blacks, and he opposed equal rights.	69%
How did the Confederate general Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson die?	He died in a friendly fire incident after the Battle of Chancellorsville.	69%
While the North was industrialized, most of the South was agricultural and relied heavily on slave labor to harvest cotton for exportation. The Confederacy believed that it could use Britain and France's reliance on Southern cotton to make them join the war on their side. What was this belief called?	King Cotton	69%
True or false: There were more black people fighting for the Confederacy than for the Union.	False. Black fighters were debated in the Confederacy, but they never saw combat in any significant numbers.	63%
Which Union marching song contains the lyric "As He died to make men holy, let us die to make men free"?	The Battle Hymn of the Republic	56%
Which pseudo-historical school of thought claims that the South was the victim of a tyrannical North, and that the Southern ideals were good and heroic?	The Lost Cause	56%
Which state, admitted to the Union during the Civil War, has the motto "Battle Born" written on its flag?	Nevada	44%
Who was the first person from a former Confederate state elected to be president after the Civil War?	Lyndon B. Johnson	25%

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