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Civil War Cards Flashcards

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Appomattox courthouse

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The courthouse that Robert E. Lee and Ulysses S. Grant meet for the south to surrender to the north in 1865

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Clara Burton

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A nurse in the civil war, founder of the Red Cross.

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Blue and the Grey

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The colors of the Union(Blue) and the confederacy(grey)

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John Wilkes Booth

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The assassin who killed Abraham Lincoln, was an actor.

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John Brown

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Tried to get the slaves to rebel, massacre, hung at Harper’s ferry.

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Battle of Bull Run

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First battle of the civil war, won by confederates.

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Battle of Chanslersville

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Battle where Stonewall Jackson died by his own soldiers on accident. Confederate won.

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Civil War

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American civil war from 1861-1865.

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Confederacy

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The south

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Confederate

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A person who is in the confederacy

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Crimean War

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Fought between Britain, Russia, France, Turkey

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Damn the torpedos

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Said by David Farragut in the battle of mobile bay.

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Jefferson Davis

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Leader of confederacy

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Benjamin Disraeli

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British prime minister

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Stephan A Douglas

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Debated against Lincoln

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Dred Scott decision

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Court battle where it was decided that black people weren’t citizens

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Emancipation Proclamation

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Made it so slavery was illegal in the confederate states.

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David Farragut

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Navy admiral, Damn the torpedos,

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Gettysburg Address

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Gave by Lincoln at Gettysburg, to dedicate the soldiers cemetery

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Battle of Gettysburg

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Won by union, critical turning point for union.

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William Ewart Gladstone

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British prime minister

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Government by the people for the people

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In the constitution, people control government

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Ulysses S. grant

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Leader of Union army

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Harpers ferry

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Robert E Lee, battle won by confederate forces

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Stonewall Jackson

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General of confederate army

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Robert E. Lee

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Leader of confederate army

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Abraham Lincoln

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U.S president during civil war, used to be a lawyer

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Lincoln’s second inaugural address

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Lincoln’s speech to convince people to vote for him

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Mason-Dixon Line

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Line that separated confederate and union.

30
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Florence nightingale

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Nurse in the Crimean war, good techniques

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Republican Party

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Created to oppose slavery

32
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Succession

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The withdrawal of the confederate states from the u.s

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William Sherman

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Union general, war is hell, Sherman’s march to the sea

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Sherman’s march to the sea

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Union won Georgia

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Elizabeth cady Stanton

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Women’s rights and author

36
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Fort Sumter

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First occurrence before the civil war

37
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Union

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North

38
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War is hell

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Saying by William Sherman

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