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Civil War Flashcards

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Slave State

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A state witch that allows slavery.

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Free state

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A state witch does not allow slavery

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The Emancipation Proclamation

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Issued by President Lincoln in 1862. It was created to free all the slaves in slave states only.

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Missouri comprimise

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Under this plan Missouri was admitted as a slave state and Maine was admitted as a free state. It also said that no state above the 36’ 30’ line could be slave states

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Abolitionists

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Americans that want to abolish,or end slavery.

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Dred Scott Case

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A slave sued for his freedom, but he lost. The judge ruled that slaves were property. Also declared the Missouri Compromise unconstitutional.

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Battle of Antietam

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This battle is known as the “Bloodest Day.”

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Kansas-Nebraska Act

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Legislation that allowed the people of the Kansas and Nebraska territories to choose to have slavery in their territory or not.

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1st Battle of Bull Run

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Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson gets his nickname in this battle. The Confederacy gets an early victory and a boost of confidence in this battle. Picnickers watched in horror.

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Secede

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to withdraw

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Anaconda Plan

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The North’s strategy to win the war. It was founded by General Winfield Scott.

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agriculture and slavery

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what the Southern economy was based on

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Factories and industries

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What the Northern economy was based on

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Battle of Gettysburg

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Bloodiest battle of the Civil War. It is also considered the turning point the war.

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Firing on Fort Sumter

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Started the Civil War. It was the first battle of the Civil War.

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1861-1865

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When was the Civil War fought?

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Ulysses Grant

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One of the many Generals chosen by Lincoln to lead Union forces in the war

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Robert E. Lee

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The leader of the Confederate army

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California

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The Compromise of 1850 admitted this state without slavery.

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Battle of Antietam

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The bloodiest Civil War battle in a single day.

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Emancipation Proclamation

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A special order by President Lincoln on January 1st, 1863 declaring slaves in Confederate states were free

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Battle of Vicksburg

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What was the second turning point of the Civil War?

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Thomas Stonewall Jackson

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fought in the 1st Battle of Bull Run; got his nickname because he encouraged his men to stand firm like a stonewall; was shot at the Battle of Chancellorsville by his own men

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Abraham Lincoln

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President of the Union during the Civil War. He opposed the expansion of slavery. He thought slavery was immoral.

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Jefferson Davis

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President of the Confederacy during the Civil War

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Gettysburg Address

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Speech given by Abraham Lincoln at a memorial for Union soldiers that died at the Battle of Gettysburg

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sectionalism

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Showing extreme loyalty to a certain section of the country

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Appomattox Courthouse

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the place where Robert E. Lee surrendered to Ulysses Grant

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states’ rights

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the belief that individual states can limit the power of the federal government; states believe that they have the right to refuse to follow the law if it is unconstitutional (unfair)

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nullify

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void or refuse to do something

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they thought he would end slavery

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Southern states began to secede from the Union after Abraham Lincoln was elected President of the U.S. Why did they begin to secede?

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he disagreed with it and said it was illegal

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How did Lincoln feel about secession?

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South Carolina

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Which state was the first state to secede from the Union?

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south

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Where were most of the battles of the Civil War fought?

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North

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Where were most of the railroads (north or south)?

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March to the Sea

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What is the name of the event where William T. Sherman burned down the city of Atlanta.

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Union

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Which side won the Civil War?

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1865

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When did the Civil War end?

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1861

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When did the Civil War begin?

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African Americans are property and slavery can go into all U.S. territories.

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What did the Dred Scott decision rule?

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Popular Sovereignty where people can choose to have slavery or not

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What did the Kansas Nebraska Act allow?

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An abolitionist that used violence to try and stop slavery from expanding.

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Who was John Brown?

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