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What were the four border states

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Mo, Ky, De, Md

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What did President Lincoln do to keep the border states in the Union

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President Lincoln used the army to keep them in the Union

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Which of the border states was considered the most important and why?

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Md, it surrounded Wasington, DC on three sides

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What were the three parts of the North’s plan for winning the war?

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  1. Blockade the Southern Ports.
  2. Gain control of the Mississippi River
  3. Capture the confederate Capital Richmond, Va
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What were the 4 parts of the Souths plan for winning the war

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  1. Fight a defensive war
  2. Have Europe apply economic pressure on the North to end the war.
  3. Gain recognition as an independent nation
  4. Capture the northern capital, Washington, DC
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Name six advantages the North had at the start of the civil war

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  1. larger population
  2. More resources
  3. More industry
  4. Larger Navy
  5. More miles of stronger gauge railroad
  6. Stronger leadership with President Lincoln
    Better banking
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Name three advantages the South had at the start of the civil war

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Stronger support of the Southern population
Fighting in familiar territory
Strong tradition of military leadership

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What does emancipate mean

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To make free

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What were President Lincolns initial goals for the country at the start of the war?

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Wanted to keep the country together

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What was the main benefit of freeing the slaves for the US

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It would take away a resource that would help the south fight.

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What did the emancipation proclamation do

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Actually it didn’t free a single slave but it encourages slaves to run away and kept Great Britain and France from acknowledging recognition of the confederacy as an independent nation.

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What actually ended slavery

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13th amendment

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What percentage of the Union army did African Americans make up

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10%

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Who were the 54th Massachusetts

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An all African regiment that fought valiantly at Ft. Wagner and other battles.

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Who led the 54th Massachusetts

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Robert G Shaw

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Which side saw fighting in their own back yard

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Southerners - Confederates and they faced shortages of many things like food, salt, clothing and medicine.

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Women took over many new responsibilities during the war, such as what

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Teachers, worked in factories and offices and stores, ran the family farm helped the army, rolled bandages, wove blankets, collected food and clothing, raised money for the war effort, nurses

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What did women do for the first time in the civil war

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Served as nurses

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Who ran a hospital in Richmond,Virginia that only lost 73 of her 1333 patients.

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Sally Tompkins

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What is Clara Barton famous for after the civil war

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Started the Red Cross

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What is Loretta J Velazquez noted for

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Dressed up like a man, a.k.a. Harry Buford fought in the 1st battle of Manassas and Shiloh and later worked as a spy

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Name two women that fought for the union

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Jennie Hodges and Sarah Emma Edmonds

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Name two confederate spies that were women

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Rose O’neal Greenhow Belle Boyd

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To be drafted means what

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A law that required young men between certain ages to serve in he military for a set amount of time.

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What were the draft ages for service in the South

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18-35

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What type of exemptions could be given in the South

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Substitutes could be hired, exemptions given for those who owned 20 or more slaves owned.

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What were the draft ages for service in the North

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20-45

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How could a draftee get out of service for the North?

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Could hire a substitute for their place or pay the government 300 dollars

29
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What did soldiers do during their down time

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Wrote letters, told stories, reading, singing, played games, baseball

30
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What weapon was introduced during the war that increased the accuracy of its users

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Rifle

31
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What was a very common occurrence for both sides

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Desertion

32
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What did Lincoln suspend during the Civil war

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Habeas Corpus

33
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What happened in NYC in July of 1863

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Draft riots- burned buildings, looted and killed over 100 people

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Who were the Copperheads

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They were peace democrats that favored negotiating with confederates to end the war.

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Name three things that both sides did to finance the war

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Borrowed money
Raised taxes
Printed more money

36
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What tends to happen to an economy when a government prints too much?

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Led to inflation which caused a rise in prices for goods and services

37
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What is an ironclad?

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Wooden warships covered in iron

38
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When was the first battle of the ironclads

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March 1862

39
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Which Union general was replaced after Antieam

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Gen. George B. McClellan

40
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Which Union Gen. Was eplaced after Fredricksburg

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Burnside

41
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Which Union General was replaced after Gettysburg

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Meade

42
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What did President Davis do that outraged the Southerners

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Declared Martial Law and suspended the writ of Habeas Corpus

43
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What did President Davis do that outraged the Southerners

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Declared Martial Law and suspended the writ of Habeas Corpus

44
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Who was the final Union General of the war?

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U.S. Grant

45
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What was the Gettysburg Address

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A speech made by President Lincoln

46
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What was the purpose of the Gettysburg Address

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To dedicate the cemetery at the Gettysburg Battlefield

47
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As the election of 1864 neared who was the Democrats nominee for President

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George B McClellan

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What were the three turning points of the election of 1864

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Adm. Farragut captured Mobile Bay in August
Gen. Sherman captures Atlanta in September
Gen. Sheridan pushes the rebels out of the Shenandoah Valley in August and September

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Who led the march to the Sea

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General William Teccumseh Sherman

50
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Who was the final Union General of the war?

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U.S. Grant

51
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What was the Gettysburg Address

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A speech made by President Lincoln

52
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What was the purpose of the Gettysburg Address

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To dedicate the cemetery at the Gettysburg Battlefield

53
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As the election of 1864 neared who was the Democrats nominee for President

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George B McClellan

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What were the three turning points of the election of 1864

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Adm. Farragut captured Mobile Bay in August
Gen. Sherman captures Atlanta in September
Gen. Sheridan pushes the rebels out of the Shenandoah Valley in August and September

55
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Who led the march to the Sea

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General William Teccumseh Sherman

56
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What is total war

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A war n all aspects of life. The union troops tore up railroads, burnt crops in the fields, killed animals that could be used to supply food for the confederates and burnt homes and businesses barns and war houses.

57
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What was the name of the notorious prison camp in the South

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Camp Sumter at Andersonville

58
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What percentage of these prisoners died

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28%

59
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What were the two main prison camps in the north

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Camp Douglas in Chicago, il and Camp Rathbun in Elmira, New York

60
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How many prisoners died overall in the prison camps

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56,000

61
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Where and when did Lee surrender

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Appomattox courthouse on April 9th, 1865

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