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
Lincoln's bill freeing the slaves
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Attack on Shenandoah valley
Stonewall Jackson had to hold onto the valley | - Sheridan and seagull attack valley
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John brown
Strict abolitionist and kalvinist that tried starting a slave revolution by take the armory at garters ferry
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Bushwhackers
Strict abolitionists and antiwar people
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Jay hawkers
Southerners that moves to Kansas to make it a slave state
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Arlington national cemetery
Where a lot of the civil war vets are buried
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Harriet Beecher Stowe
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
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.
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?
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?
Destroy everything -- total war
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In comparison to his predecessors, how did US Grant differ in terms of battle tactics?
He was relentless and didn't give up.
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List at least three causes of the Civil War
- Slavery - States Rights - Agriculture vs. Industry
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In the movie, Gettysburg, what two Confederate generals had a disagreement, and why?
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?
Stalemate
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In the beginning, what was Lincoln's purpose for going to war against the Confederate States of America?
Preserve the Union
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Why did the North want to pass tariffs, and why was the South opposed to these tariffs?
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?
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?
Buford with the Union.
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What occupation gave some sort of liberation in the cause of women's emancipation?
Nursing.