TASK DEFINITION: You will be given a trivia clue, and the category it belongs to. You should answer with the best answer that belongs in the category and is described by the clue. For simplicity, answers should be in all lower cased letters.
PROBLEM: Category: THE CIVIL WAR 
Clue: His first act after being sworn in as president of the Confederacy was to send a peace commission to Washington, D.C.

SOLUTION: jefferson davis

PROBLEM: Category: LENIN 
Clue: For his subversive activities, Lenin was banished to this region in 1897

SOLUTION: siberia

PROBLEM: Category: FISH, BIRD, OR MAMMAL 
Clue: The colobus

SOLUTION:
mammal