Final Flashcards

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Border states

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States that were split and were part of north and south.

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Anaconda strategy

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Union wanted to capture rivers and tie up the south and keep them in one place
- Winfield Scott

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Battle of chickamauga

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Marked the end of the union offensive in the in south eastern Tennessee most significant Union defeat

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Battle of wilson creek

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Lyon killed on bloody hill

  • in Springfield MO
  • confederates win
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Colonel Robert shaw

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Commander of the 54 Massachusetts all black regiment

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Missouri compromise

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Was passed in 1870 regulating slavery in the western territories.

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William Lloyd garrison

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Prominent American abolitionist, journalist, suffragist, and social reformer

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Harpers ferry

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John Browns raid of the armory

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Fred Scott case

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Once free always free, dred lost cud he isn’t a citizen

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Underground RR

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Took slaves out of slavery and into the north

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Pickets charge

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Last charge at the middle of the Union infantry at Gettysburg

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Appomattox courthouse

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Where the civil war ended and the treaties were signed

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Andersonville

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Largest confederate POW camp

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Monitor

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Unions first iron clad

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Merrimack

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Confederate iron clad

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C.S.A. H.L. Huntley

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The first submarine

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Little round top

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Where the Union fought off the rebels in Gettysburg (right wheel) josh chamberlain

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Fort donelson

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One of the forts US Grant took that put him on the map

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Siege of Vicksburg

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The Union surrounded the city until problems arose and people died and they payed waste to the city

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Cotton gin

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Increases the production of cotton and backfired cuz Eli Witney wanted to end slaver but it only promoted it

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Code of chivalry

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Southern gentlemen policy

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Jefferson Davis

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The president of the CSA

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Minnie ball

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Bullet for the rifles that are more aerodynamic and made of lead

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Mortar

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Shot cannon balls into air to lob over walls

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Emancipation proclamation

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Lincoln’s bill freeing the slaves

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Attack on Shenandoah valley

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Stonewall Jackson had to hold onto the valley

- Sheridan and seagull attack valley

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John brown

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Strict abolitionist and kalvinist that tried starting a slave revolution by take the armory at garters ferry

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Bushwhackers

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Strict abolitionists and antiwar people

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Jay hawkers

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Southerners that moves to Kansas to make it a slave state

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Arlington national cemetery

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Where a lot of the civil war vets are buried

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Harriet Beecher Stowe

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Wrote uncle toms cabin

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this 1863 battle in the state of Tennessee was one of, if not, the most important victory for the confederates

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Battle of Chickamauga

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The battle of ________________ in the western theater allowed the north to control the Mississippi river and divide the southern forces.

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Vicksburg

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In the first two years of the war the union saw very little success against the south. However, there was one region that the union did have success - where was this, and name some of these victories?

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In the western theatre.

- The battle of shiloh

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What was General William T. Sherman’s main goal as he marched through Georgia?

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Destroy everything – total war

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In comparison to his predecessors, how did US Grant differ in terms of battle tactics?

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He was relentless and didn’t give up.

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List at least three causes of the Civil War

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  • Slavery
  • States Rights
  • Agriculture vs. Industry
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In the movie, Gettysburg, what two Confederate generals had a disagreement, and why?

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Lee and Longstreet because Longstreet didn’t want to fight because he knew they’d lose, while Lee was overconfident.

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What was the outcome in the first battle between the first ironclads?

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Stalemate

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In the beginning, what was Lincoln’s purpose for going to war against the Confederate States of America?

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Preserve the Union

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Why did the North want to pass tariffs, and why was the South opposed to these tariffs?

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North for economy purposes and the south didn’t want them because they needed imports.

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In the movie, Gettysburg, what two opposing generals were the best of friends?

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Lo Amistad and Winfield Hancock

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As the Battle of Gettysburg opens up, what general had the advantage of holding the high ground?

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Buford with the Union.

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What occupation gave some sort of liberation in the cause of women’s emancipation?

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Nursing.