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(telegraph) allowed almost instantaneous

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communication over great distances

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(telegraph) union army had over …mi of insulated…

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6000; copper wire

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(telegraph) U.S> Military Telegraph Corps trained over a … telegraph operators and sent more than …. messages to and from battlefields across the country in 1862

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thousand; million

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(telegraph) Abraham Lincoln used the telegraph office regularly and…., which was something that was never done before in wartime

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communicated with commanders in the field

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(telegraph) confederacy lacked …. to string wire for the telegraphs

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industrial ability

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(ironclads) first two ironclads:

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confederate merrimack and Union Monitor

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(ironclads) wooden fleets made

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obsolete

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(ironclads) monitor and merrimack fought for … hours, but neither was able to sink the other because of the …

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three; iron siding

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(ironclads) ironclads dominated …. of the Civil War

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naval operations

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(ironclads) played crucial role in Union effort to open the …, which cut the confederacy in …

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mississippi river; half

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(ironclads) stronger than

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wooden ships

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(ironclads) when union found out that confederates were trying to build an ironclad, the secretary of the navy feared that it would …. and also go up to … and ….

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disrupt the blockade; Washington; shoot down White House

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(ironclads) Secretary of Navy had Union ironclad built by

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john Ericsson

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(weapons) rifles became more

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accurate

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(weapons) cannons became

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larger

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(weapons) rifles had an effective range of up to … in Civil War compared to old range of …

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400 yds; 80 yds

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(weapons)…. became a more desperate proposition

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well entrenched position

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(weapons) repeating rifle:

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spencer carbine

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(weapons) spencer carbien could fire… in … seconds

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seven shots; thirty seconds

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(weapons) north enjoyed most of the technological advances in the war because of its

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greater industrial capacity

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(weapons) military casualties because military tactics weren’t

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caught up with military tehnology

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(railroads) north had an

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advantage

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(railroads) …mi of track in northern states

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22,000

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(railroads) …mi of track in south

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9,000

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(railroads) north had almost all of .. and …

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track; locomotive factories

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(railroads) union armies targeted cities like Corinth, Chattanooga, and Atlanta because they were

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important Southern railroad junctions

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(railroads) armies tried to wreck railroads to

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sabotage the enemy

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(railroads) because railroads allowed for the transportation of men and supplies over great distances and at a speed never before seen in war, they became….

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central to the strategic thinking of both armies

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(emancipation proclamation) lincoln allowed the states to return to the U.S. before he emancipated the slaves because he

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wants to end the war and extend peace

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(battle of gettysburg-reasons that lee invaded PA) disrupt union’s ability to

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attack confederate capital

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(battle of gettysburg-reasons that lee invaded PA) draw union away from ….. of washington d.c. and fight them in the …

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safety of defenses; open

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(battle of gettysburg-reasons that lee invaded PA) take war away from … who were struggling with their … since the armies were …

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farmers in VA; crops; fighting and camping on their land

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(battle of gettysburg-reasons that lee invaded PA) live of .. and collect … to take back to VA

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land; supplies

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(battle of gettysburg-reasons that lee invaded PA) win decisive victory on northern soil in hopes of

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ending war

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(battle of gettysburg) lee and army

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retreated back to VA

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(battle of gettysburg) never again would confederates invade a

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northern state in large numbers

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(battle of gettysburg) increased … for Union

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morale

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(battle of gettysburg) decreased … for confederacy

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morale

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(battle of gettysburg) confederacy mainly fought on … for the rest of the war

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defense

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(battle of gettysburg) the nation makes sure that free governments shall not perish from the earth by

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honoring the dead and increasing devotion

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(battle of gettysburg) lincoln believed that U.S. soldiers were fighting the Civil War for

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liberty and equality

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(battle of gettysburg) the phrase “…government of the people, by the people, for the people” references

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government by consent and democratic ideals

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(battle of gettysburg) most of the confederate dead were left on field in … until southern charity groups had the bodies…

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shallow graves; taken to cemeteries

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(battle of gettysburg) … established at gettysburg for union dead

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soldiers’ national cemetery

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even though there were more union victories in the west, many people placed more importance on the … because that is where the …

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east; capitals of the U.S. and the Confederate States were located

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in the west, U.S. forces under grant have surrounded vicksburg, mississippi, which was a

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significant point that controlled access to the Mississippi river

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a loss at vicksburg would mean that the confederate territory would essentially be …, making it difficult to … and … with confederate states or forces east of the river

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cut in half; send supplies; communicate

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after … days of bombardment pemberton surrendered vicksburg to grant on july 4, 1863

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the last area controlled by confederates on the mississippi river, …, fell to the Union a couple of days later

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port hudson

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the united states was able to ship goods from the northern sates down the … to …

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mississippi river; new orleans

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free states before 1860 (free soil)

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connecticut
massachusetts
new hampshire
new jersey
new york
pennsylvania
rhode island
vermont
ohio
indiana 
illinois
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slave states before 1860 (slave labor)

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delaware
georgia
maryland
north carolina
south carolina
virginia
kentucky
tennessee
louisiana
mississippi
alabama
53
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(sequence of events that ended the civil war) april 12-13, 1861:

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attack on fort sumter, SC won by confederacy

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(sequence of events that ended the civil war) July 21, 1861:

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first manassas (bull run), VA won by Confederacy

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(sequence of events that ended the civil war) Feb. 6-16, 1862:

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Fort Henry/ Fort Donelson, TN won by Union

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(sequence of events that ended the civil war) March-June 1862:

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Jackson’s Valley Campaign, VA won by Confederacy

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(sequence of events that ended the civil war) April 6-7, 1862

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Shiloh (Pittsburgh Landing), TN won by Union

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(sequence of events that ended the civil war) August 28-30, 1862:

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second manassas (Second bull run), VA won by confederacy

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(sequence of events that ended the civil war) Sept. 17, 1862:

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antietam (Sharpsburg), MD won by Union

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(sequence of events that ended the civil war) oct. 8, 1862:

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perryville, ky won by union

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(sequence of events that ended the civil war) Dec. 13, 1862:

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Fredericksburg, VA won by Confederacy

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(sequence of events that ended the civil war) dec. 31, 1862-Jan 2, 1863:

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stones river (murfreesboro), TN won by Union

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(sequence of events that ended the civil war) April 30-May 6, 1863:

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Chancellorsville, VA won by Confederacy

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(sequence of events that ended the civil war) May 18-july 4 1863:

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siege of vicksburg, ms won by Union

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(sequence of events that ended the civil war) july 1-3, 1863:

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gettysburg, PA won by Union

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(sequence of events that ended the civil war) May-June 1864:

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Overland campaign form the wilderness, virginia to petersburg, virginia

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(sequence of events that ended the civil war) may-sept, 1864:

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atlanta campaign from chattanooga, tennessee to Atlanta, Georgia

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(sequence of events that ended the civil war) july 1864-april 1865

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siege of petersburg in petersburg, VA

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(sequence of events that ended the civil war) sept-dc 1864:

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march to the sea from atlanta, georgia to savannnah, georgia

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(sequence of events that ended the civil war) nov 1864:

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reelection of lincoln in washington, d.c.

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(sequence of events that ended the civil war) april 9, 1865:

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lee’s army surrenders in appomattox, VA

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(sequence of events that ended the civil war) april 14, 1865:

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lincoln is assassinated in Washington, D.C.

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(sequence of events that ended the civil war) april 26, 1865:

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joseph johnston’s army surrenders in Durham, NC

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(General Robert E. Lee) lee launched a counterattack on mcClellan as he tried to near richmond and was victorious→

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seven days’ battles

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(General Robert E. Lee) lee ensured that the war would endure until slavery was uprooted and the south was thoroughly destroyed by

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defeating McClellan in the Seven Days’ Battles

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(General Robert E. Lee) lee attacked and defeated general pope’s men in the

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second battle of bull run

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(General Robert E. Lee) lee moved his men to … where he was defeated

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(General Robert E. Lee) lee divided his force in chancellorsville and sent stonewall jackson to attack the … which worked→

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union flank; csa victory

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(General Robert E. Lee) lee moved to pennsylvania and was defeated at

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gettysburg

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(General Robert E. Lee) lee was engaged in a series of furious battles by grant→

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wilderness campaign

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(General Robert E. Lee) lee’s rate of loss was the highest of any….→.. in .. men

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general in war; one; ten

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(General Robert E. Lee) lee turned the eastern campaign into a war of

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attrition fought in the trenches

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(General Robert E. Lee) lee had a renewed defensive tactic due to the fact that he didn’t hve

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enough men

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(General Robert E. Lee) lee finally

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surrendered

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(13th amendment) abolished … in the u.s.

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(13th amendment) was submitted the previous June but amendments didn’t pass the

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(13th amendment) revived by representative … of ohio

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james ashley

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(13th amendment) constitutional amendment prohibiting all forms of …. and …

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slavery; involuntary servitude

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(13th amendment) former confederate states were rewquired to … the amendment prior to gaining …

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ratify; reentry into the Union

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(14th amendment) constitutional amendment that extended civil rights to … and prohibited states from taking away such rights without..

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.freedmen; due process

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(14th amendment) failed to extend bill of rights to … as well as failed to protect rights of …

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states; black citizens

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(14th amendment) refusal to enforce the amendment due to sentiments of

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white superiority

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(14th amendment) southern states required to … according to the ..

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ratify; reconstruction act

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(15th amendment) prohibited states from denying citizens the franchise on account of …, …., or previous condition of …

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race; color; servitude

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(15th amendment) disappointed … who wanted the amendment to include guarantees for

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feminists; women’s suffrage

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(john wilkes booth) … actor

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pro-southern

97
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(john wilkes booth) slipped behind lincoln as he sat in his box in … and …

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ford’s theater; shot him in the head

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(john wilkes booth) lincoln’s assassination made …, some …, and …. happy

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ex-confederate soldiers; southerners; northern copperheads

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(john wilkes booth) booth was .. and …

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captured; executed

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abraham lincoln argued that the war must be .., the slaves …, and the union … at all costs

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won; freed; preserved

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george mcclellan argued that the war had gone on … and that the south should be … in order to save american lives

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long enough; allowed to secede

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Mcclellan’s policy meant that … would continue in the southern states

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grant decided to fight the war on .. fronts, with biggest numbers toward … and …

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5; richmond; atlanta

104
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the armies of the union were able to coordinate each other … and lee surrendered at … on …

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successfully; appomattox, VA; april 9, 1865

105
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Franklin Repository “The Prospect of Peace”: wants … and end of slavery can’t be …

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peace; negotiated

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Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address: war is about ….; conflicts created during/ before the war should and can be …

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slavery; resolved

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State of the Union Address: Although reconstruction can’t have…, it needs. …

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violence; military power

108
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Lincoln’s Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction: recognize black…; southerners are …

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freedom; excused

109
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lincoln’s last public address: louisiana is being … even though governments wants to ….

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difficult; restore relations

110
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“In support of the Resolution to Amend the Constitution”:sslaves are human beings and should be treated as such, and they are willing to … anything to gain their …

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sacrifice; freedom

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Reconstruction Amendments: rights given by Constitution are … and apply to …

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universal; all

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