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Civil War Flashcards

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State’s rights

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the rights and powers held by individual US states rather than by the federal government.

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Election of 1860

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When Lincoln was elected
-shows how divided our nation has become (4 legitimate candidates)

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King Cotton

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a slogan and philosophy that described the economic and political importance of cotton in the South

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Ulysses Grant

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union military leader
one of the most successful of the war

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Robert Lee

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military leader for confederacy

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Innovative weapons/use of

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transition into modern warfare
examples: submarines, iron clad, Minie ball.

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emancipation proclamation

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Document signed by Lincoln
-declared slaves free

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13th Amendment

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it officially abolished slavery

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14th Amendment

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Protect rights and liberties of former enslaved people

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15th Amendment

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guarantees the right to vote to all citizens, regardless of: Race, Color, and Previous condition of servitude (slavery).

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54th Massachusetts Regiment

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Union army is facing a soldier shortage so this happened
first OFFICIAL all black unit
regiments are used to catch bullets (lincoln was concerned)

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Gettysburg Address

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declared equal rights for blacks as a slave goal
-give meaning to the sacrifice of soldiers who died during the war
-made gettysburg a graveyard

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10% plan

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Lincolns plan to win the peace
-10% have to sign an oath to be loyal to the union
-louisiana, Arkansas, and

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Radical Republicans

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politician form of radical abolitionists

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Johnson’s impeachment/failed removal

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Sharecropping

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a legal arrangement where a tenant(renter) would work a landowner’s land in exchange for a 50% share of the crops produced
-indebting black land owners

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Tenant Farming

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idea that blacks could rent land

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Abolitionists

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people who fought to end slavery and free enslaved people

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Fort Sumter

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-official beginning of civil war
-not first battle

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Border States

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Kentucky, Maryland, Missouri, and these states were slave states that remained loyal to the Union despite bordering Confederate territory, essentially acting as a middle ground between the North and South.

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Merrimack and Monitor

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-transitional war
wooden warships to ironclads
aka Hampton roads
-two ships who fought against each other

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Hampton Roads

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-transitional war
Battle of Merrimack and monitor

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Anaconda Plan

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-a strategy to defeat the Confederacy during the American Civil War
-A plan to strangle the Confederacy by cutting off its supplies and resources, and attacking it when it was weak

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First Battle of Bull Run

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-first Battle of the civil war
-proved it wasn’t t going to be easy/short

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Battle of Antietam

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-battle was a major turning point in the Union’s favor
south was never doing better till this point
(south will never recover)

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Battle of Gettysburg

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-union victory
-showed the union will win
-last gasp of the south

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Total War

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to destroy a country’s ability to wage war; crops, industry ect.

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Sherman’s “March to the Sea”

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-Sherman’s goal was to destroy the Confederacy’s ability to wage war and break the will of the people to resist
-Sherman’s troops marched from Atlanta to Savannah, Georgia, destroying railroads, factories, cotton gins, and warehouses. They also liberated thousands of slaves
-early example of total war

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Thaddeus Stevens

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Huge Radical republican
-fought for freedmen’s rights
-force behind 13 amendment
when he dies the radical republican movement dies with him

30
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Wade Davis Plan

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-changed the 10% plan to 50%
after lincoln is killed

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Black Codes

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southerners limited the rights of former slaves
-blacks couldnt:
own land
had to sign one year contracts
taxed if they worked jobs other than field hand

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KKK

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hate group founded after war ended by former confederates
-aimed to restore white supremacy

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Freedman’s Bureau

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a U.S. government agency that provided resources/assistance to formerly enslaved people and transition them into functioning citizens

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Johnson’s impeachment

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35
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1

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at first slavery was a political issue (as long as some are free some are slave)
-Mexican war happened and power went to the south
-uncle toms cabin makes slavery a moral isssue

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