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Chapter 16: The Civil War Flashcards

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Beauregard

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Seized Fort Sumter

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Forts within borders of seceded states

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  1. Fort Pickens

2. Fort Sumter

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West Virginia

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State formed when counties joined the union

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Border states that didn’t succeed from union

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  1. Kentucky
  2. Missouri
  3. Maryland
  4. Delaware
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Advantages of north in civil war

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  1. More transportation

2. More resources

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Advantages of south in civil war

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  1. More experienced men

2. Better military

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Richmond

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Capital of confederacy

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Battle of bull run

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First encounter with union and confederate troops

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Two confederate troops who turned battle into southern victory

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Johnson and Jackson

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Nickname for general Jackson

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“Stonewall” Jackson

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McClellan

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Turned troops into fighting machines

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Farragut

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In charge of U.S. Naval forces and captured mobile bay

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Merrimack

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Confederate ironclad ship

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Monitor

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Union ironclad ship

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General grants nickname

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“Unconditional surrender”

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Union navy

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Captured strategic port of New Orleans

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Battle of Antietam creek

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Bloodiest day of civil war

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Emancipation proclamation

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Document that claimed all slaves free

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Battle of chacesorsville

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Souths costliest victory

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Jackson

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Accidentally shot by his own men

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Gettysburg

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Most decisive battle of the war

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Why the Civil War started

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  1. States rights
  2. Slavery
  3. Wanted a stronger union
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Ways union raised funds during civil war

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  1. Increased taxes

2. War bonds

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Paper notes issued by union

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Greenbacks

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Methods used to build both armies

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  1. Laying of bounties

2. Draft system

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Ways the civil war was the first modern war

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  1. Modern weapons
  2. Dugouts & trenches
  3. Balloons & war corresponders
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Napoleon III

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Saw southern independence as his own advantage

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Amendment 13

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Officially ended slavery

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Johnson

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Lincoln’s running mate in 1864

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Barton

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Founded american Red Cross

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Sanitary commission

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Forerunner of american Red Cross

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Chase

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Responsible for “In God we trust”

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Moody

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Representative to Young Mens Christian Association

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Amount of union soldiers who died during civil war

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Over 250,000

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Amount of confederates who died during the civil war

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258,00

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Booth

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Assassinated Lincoln

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