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yankee
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Union soldier.
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Secede
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to withdraw
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1863
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year of gettysburg
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William T. Shermann
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rty
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Stars & Stripes
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Northern flag
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rebuild
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to build something again
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border state
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Kentucky, Deleware,Maryland,Missouri, States that held slaves that didn't secede
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Northern Complaints
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Westward expansion of slavery
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yes
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was slavery legal in texas
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author of the anaconda plan
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Winfield Scott
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South Carolina
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first state to secede from
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The North
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center of manufacturing, shipping, fishing, and small farms; favored high protective tariffs and opposed slavery
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Total war
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destroying civilian and economic resources
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Thirteenth Amendment
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The constitutional amendment ratified after the Civil War that forbade slavery and involuntary servitude.
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Frederick Douglass
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Black abolitionist that escaped slavery and later wrote his autobiography "Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass".
Powerful symbol for the abolitionist cause for what blacks could accomplish if given the chance.
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a person who is against slavery
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abolitionist
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guerrillas
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a smaller group of military whose operations include surprise attacks
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fugitive
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someone who is running away or escaping
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"Slave Power"
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Used to characterize the political power of the slaveholding class in the South. This came into sharp conflict when the Free Soil Party warned against the annexation of Texas as a slave state in 1848. This conflict was taken up by the Republican party as well. Fear of thisr spread as the South started gaining in the White House, Congress, and Supreme court. Salmon Chase was one of the many enemies of Slave Power, as well as Charles Sumner.
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Abolitionist
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A person who believed in the abolishment or abolition of Negro slavery.
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Jefferson Davis
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Senator and planter from Mississippi that became President of the Confederacy
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Lovejoy
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first white killed in dispute between N and S, owned abolitionist newspaper, killed buy white mob
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Appomattox
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the site of surrender of the Confederate general Lee to Union general Grant in April 1865, marking the end of the Civil War.
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McClellan
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He was the overly precautions Union general of the Potomac who hesitated to attack the Confederate army.
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James Longstreet
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leader in Confederate Army, great asset to Lee but bad at commanding on his own; ended up becoming a Republican after the war
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Advantages of the North
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Population, industry, money, resources, and transportation
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Battle of Vicksburg
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What happened?General U.S Grant blocked southern forces and surrounded troops and civilians in the town of Vicksburg for SIX WEEKS. Confederates and citizens began to survive on whatever they could, and eventually they surrendered by July 4th. Who won?Union
Importance: The union now controls the Mississippi River
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Fredricksburg
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Burnside made rash frontal attack on lee. burnsides slaughter pen. Burnside yielded commander to Hooker.
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Antietam
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The first major battle in the American Civil War to take place on Northern soil in Maryland. Initiated by the Confederates in hope of winning aid from Great Britain and France. It was the bloodiest single-day battle in American history, with almost 23,000 casualties. After this "win" for the North, Lincoln announced the Emancipation Proclamation.
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resist
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to act against
(slaves broke tools , acted like they didn't understand what they were supposed to do, worked lazily, acted sick
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casualty
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someone who's hurt or killed in an accident or battle
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Popular Sovereignty
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The concept that people should vote whether to be a slave state or Free state
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Florence Kelley
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reformer who worked to prohibit child labor and to improve conditions for female workers
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Slave State
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state in which slavery was legally allowed
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David Atchinson
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Encouraged people to cross the border of Kansas and vote proslavery.
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McCllelan
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U.S general who hated lincoln and was replaced twice
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carnage
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the slaughter of a great number of people, as in battle; massacre
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15th Amendment
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This amendment granted black men the right to vote.
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Clara Barton
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founder of American Red Cross; taught school, established a public school in NJ; served as a prominent nurse during the Civil War
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what was the norths strategy for winning the civil war?
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anacanda plan
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Union
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Won civil war. Grant was the leader. Fred Douglass urged lincoln to recruit former slaves to fight in this army.
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Alexander Stephens
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He was the vice-president of the Confederacy until 1865 when it was defeated and destroyed by the Union. Like the other leaders of the Confederacy, he was under indictment for treason.
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God will that anglo saxons will dominate and rule
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Manifest Destiny
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George B. McClellan
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Union general who fought in peninsular campaign even though he didnt seem ready to fight. also fought in antietam
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who was the north's most famous general? (he was a fierce leader who would take heavy loses in order to wear down the south)
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ulysses s. grant
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Compromise Of 1850
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Forestalled the Civil War by instating the Fugitive Slave Act , banning slave trade in DC, admitting California as a free state, splitting up the Texas territory, and instating popular sovereignty in the Mexican Cession
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diverse economy
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An economy that is based on many industries rather than just a few
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1. confederates could keep any side-arms that they own 2. confederates could keep animals- horses/mules 3. no one would be tried as traitors or treasons
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the terms of surrender
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Robert E. Lee
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The main commanding officer of the Southern forces
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election of 1864
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In 1864, a number of Republicans sought to prevent Lincoln's renomination. In order to balance Abraham Lincoln's Union ticket with a Southern Democrat, the Republicans nominated Andrew Jackson for vice president. Lincoln was able to overcome Democratic candidate George McClellan and win a second term in office.
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CSA
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If a strength of CSA, write CSA if strength of USA, write USA
Experience with guns
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Immigrant
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A person who comes to live in a country from another country to live.
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Morrill Tariff Act (1861)
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raised tariff rates to increase revenue and protect American manufacturers; high protective tarrifs to project industrialists
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his election signaled the end of reconstruction
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rutherford b. hayes
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battle of bull run
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either of two battles during the American Civil War (1861 and 1862)
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Battle of New Orleans
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Union victory which closed the mouth of the Mississippi River
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john wilkes booth
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was an American stage actor who, as part of a conspiracy plot, assassinated Abraham Lincoln, the 16th President of the United States, at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C. on April 14, 1865.
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Seccession of the Upper South
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1) After Fort Sumter, Virginia, Tennesse, North Carolina and Arkansas seccedded. 2) Border States: Slave States that remained in the Union.
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Blockade Runners
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A ship or person that runs through a blockade.
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The Merrimac
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used to be a union ship but taken over by the confederacy and covered it with iron plates and renamed it the USS Virginia. Destroyed 2 wooden union ships because they were defenseless. The union brought out their own ironclad ship and the two ships shot at each other but neither ship was seriously damaged. This ship was eventually sunk because the confederacy was worried that the union would capture it.
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dred scott vs. standford
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supreme court case in which a slave, dred scott, sured for his freedom because he had been taken to live in territories where slavery was illegal; the court ruled against scott
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The three different conflicts of the battle of Antietam are
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Cornfield, Sunken Road/Bloody Lane, Burnside Bridge/Antietam Bridge
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marches his troops in circle in and out of the forest
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General Magruder's trick against McClellan?
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A seminary in Washington DC
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Where did Booker T Washington go in 1878?
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violence in kansas was brought on by
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the deciesion that allowed states to decied for them selves on slavery
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By the time the litter bearers allowed onto the field
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just 2 of the wounded were alive
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What stradegies did the south plan on using against their war with the north?
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1) Break blockade 2) Get help from France and England 3) Capture Union Capital Washington DC
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Columbus
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Ohio
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superior army
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north
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Appotmattox Court House
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Monitor vs. Merrimack (year)
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1862
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Secessoin
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Withdrawing from the Union
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Dorthea Dix
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Union superintendent of nurses
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who dred scott was
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a slave
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Copperhead
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Northern Democrats who wanted peace with the Confederate South during the Civil War
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impeachment
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bringing of charges of wrongdoing against an elected official
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president
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Franklin pierce became this in 1853
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Sherman
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Carried out plan to destroy all southern railroads
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Wanted to blockade its enemy seaports and strangle its economy
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Union
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Confederacy
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a confederation formed by 11 southern states.
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john brown
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abolitionist who was hanged after leading an unsuccessful raid at Harper's Ferry, Virginia (1800-1858)
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Hunley
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The submarine used as a confederate blockade runner
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Copperheads
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1860s Democrats who believed the war should end at any cost
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Emancipation Proclimation
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Frees slaves only liberated 11 CONFEDERATE STATES. Lincoln wants union and liberty/freedom. 13th Amendment
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Radical Republicans
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congressmen who believed in the abolition of slavery and in the punishment of the South after the Civil War
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blockade
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a war measure that isolates some area of importance to the enemy
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13th amendment
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ended slavery but Black Codes still limited the rights of African Americans
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anaconda plan
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Union war plan by Winfield Scott, called for blockade of southern coast, capture of Richmond, capture Mississippi R, and to take an army through heart of south
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How many weeks after Lee's surrender was this battle fought
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5 weeks
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Kansas-Nebraska Act
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1854, Stephen Douglas proposed for the Kansas territory to be split into Kansas and Nebraska. He did this hoping to build a transcontinental railroad on a central route, which would benefit him and people from Illinois.
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Dread Scott decision
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It saidthat the constitution protected slavery
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Emancipation Proclamation
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issued by Abraham Lincoln on September 22, 1862, it declared that all slaves in the rebellious Confederate states would be free
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What is the bloodiest battle of the Civil War?
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Gettysburg
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Wilmot Proviso
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Amendent to an 1846 bill stating that slavery would not be permitted in any of the territories aquired from Mexico; though it never became law, Notherners continued to attain itto bills related to New territories.
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how did Sam Houston feel about texas secseding
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bad idea
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Battle of Shiloh
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major battle that gave the Union greater control of the Mississippi Valley
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Ulysses S. Grant
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an American general and the eighteenth President of the United States (1869-1877). He achieved international fame as the leading Union general in the American Civil War.
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Underground railroad
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popular way for slaves to escape to free states
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LA Purchase
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purchase by the United States of the Louisiana Territory from France in 1803
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Battle of Gettysburg
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a three day battle where many soldiers were lost. suicidal.
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Haversack
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a bag carried by a strap on your back or shoulder by military men
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what are some of the compromises the north made with the south to keep the union together?
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-compromise of 1850
-Missouri compromise
-Kansas-Nebraska act
-fugitive slave act
-dread Scott decision.
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Seven Day's Battles
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An 1862 Civil War battle in which the Confederacy forced the Union to retreat before it could recapture the Southern capital of Richmond
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Why did most Texans support the South
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most had come from the south
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how can the union achieve those goals?
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1. get control of the mississippi river 2. blockade southern ports 3. capture richmond
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What was the site of the bloodiest fighting at the battle of Spotsylvania?
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The Mule Shoe salient, or Bloody Angle
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