Civil War Flashcards

1
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Class Citizenship Requirements

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  1. Follow directions and class routines
  2. Participation
  3. Keep an organized notebook
  4. Collaborate
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American Citizenship Requirements

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  1. Vote
  2. Obey laws
  3. Defend the nation
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3
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Right

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An entitlement that someone has

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Responsibility

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An obligation or task that is required to be part of a community/group

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5
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Community

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A group of people who share something in common

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Citizen

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A legal member of a community who has rights and responsibilities

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Confederate States of America

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  1. Texas
  2. Florida
  3. Arkansas
  4. North Carolina
  5. South Carolina
  6. Virginia
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Border States

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  1. Missouri
  2. Kentucky
  3. West Virginia
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9
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Each state has the number of electoral votes that equals the number of ____ it has plus the number of ____ it has

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Senators, members of the House of Representatives

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10
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Where is Fort Sumter?

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Charleston, South Carolina

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11
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First battle was the…

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Battle of Bull Run

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North is powered by __
South is powered by __

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Industry
Slavery

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13
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The capital of the Confederacy is…

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Richmond

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14
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Civil War

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A war between two or more groups of the same country

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15
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In 1860, the center of population was in
___

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Ohio

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16
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What was an advantage the South had? What about the North?

A

The South had better generals.
The North had more supplies, money, and transportation.

17
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Which side won most of the early battles?

A

The South

18
Q

What was the deadliest battle in US history?

A

The Battle of Antietam

19
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By the end of the war, what percent of Union troops were Black?

A

10%

20
Q

What nickname did Confederate soldiers give the Union soldiers?

A

“Yankees,”

21
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What was the turning point in the war?

A

The Battle of Gettysburg

22
Q

What did Abraham Lincoln start the Gettysburg Address with?

A

“Four score and seven years ago…”

23
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What Union general “marched to the sea” destroying much of Georgia along the way?

A

General Sherman

24
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Where did General Lee surrender to General Grant?

A

Richmond, April 2

25
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Secede

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To separate from a nation or state and become independent

26
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What was the goal of many laws congress passed in the lead-up to the Civil War?

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To balance power

27
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What was the central conflict that led up to the Civil War?

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The issue of slavery

28
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Lincoln has been described as an eloquent public speaker. What is a synonym for eloquent?

A

Articulate

29
Q

Where were the first shots fired in the Civil War?

A

Fort Sumter

30
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Who was the president of the Confederacy?

A

Jefferson Davis

31
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Why did the attack on Fort Sumter start the Civil War?

A

It was a Confederacy attack on a Union military base

32
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What might have happened had the Civil War not occurred?

A

States could secede from the US any time they wished

33
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What Civil War general was also a president?

A

Ulysses S. Grant

34
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What can you conclude about West Virginia from its actions at the time of the Civil War?

A

Its citizens did not support secession

35
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General Sherman wrecked Southern infrastructure, which severely impaired the Confederacy’s communication. One example of infrastructure is…

A

Train tracks

36
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The intended effect of the Emancipation Proclamation was…

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To free enslaved people in the Confederacy

37
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What can you infer from the fact that the first battle of the Civil War had spectators?

A

People did not realize how serious the war would become