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Section 0, 1, 2, 4, 5 Test (Chapter 1) Flashcards

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Abolitionist

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mf who wants to get rid of slavs

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Compromise of 1850

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Allowed California to enter as a free state, divided mexican land, ended slave trade in D.C., included fugitive slave act, and settled a border dispute between New Mexico and Texas

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dred scott vs standford

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Said that slaves were not US Citizens (brought into question federal power on slavery)

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fugitive slave act

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white guys could go to the north and kidnap blacks because they wanted slaves

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Missouri Compromise

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Plan propsed by Henry Clay, made Missouri a slave state

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Popular Sovereignty

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People can vote on slavery

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Secede

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To leave the Union

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Underground Railroad

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Operation to free slaves

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Border States

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any of the slave states that bordered the northern free states during the US Civil War.

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martial law

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law administered by military

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Who won the election of 1860 (16th President)

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Abraham Lincoln

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Who was the first state to secede (and what year)

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South Carolina (1860)

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Who was the president of the Confederacy

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Jefferson Davis

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When did the civil war start

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April 12, 1861

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What were the strengths of the South

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Defensive War, knew countryside, civilians helped guide soliders, used woods for cover

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What were the Weaknesses of the South

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Economy, Railroads (only few), states rights, small population

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What were the North’s strengths

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More population, Industry power, sea power

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What were the North’s Weaknesses

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Offensive War

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Who did Lincoln ask to be leader of the Union army

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Robert E. Lee

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Who’s side did Robert E. Lee fight for

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South (Confeds)

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21
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When did the Battle of Bull Run happen

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1861

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Who won the Battle of Bull Run

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South (Confederacy)

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Who was appointed to be Union army commander for the east

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George McClellan

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When was the Battle of Fredericksburg

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1862

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Who won The Battle of Fredericksburg

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South (Condeferates)

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Who did Lincoln replace McClellan with in the Army of Potomac

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Ambrose Burnside

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When was the Battle of Chancellorsville

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1863

28
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What happened to Stonewall Jackson

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Got mistaken for a union solider in the Battle of Chancellorsville and got killed (L)

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When was the Battle of Shiloh

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1862

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Who won the Battle of Shiloh

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The Union (North)

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Who was the General of the Union in the West

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Ulysses S. Grant

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What is an Ironclad

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An iron battle ship

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What were the 2 ironclads

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Virginia (Confed) and Monitor (Union)

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What was the first fort to be attacked

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Fort Sumter

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Who attacked Fort Sumter

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Confeds

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What is the emancipation proclamation

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A presidential proclamation that said that all slaves will be free

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What was the reason for the civil war

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to preserve the union and stop the succession of the Confederacy

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Could Africans fight in the war

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yes by 1863

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When did Africans get equal pay

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1864

40
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How many slaves fought for the union

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200k

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Why was army life difficult

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death, draft, young aged soldiers, and illness

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How did the war affect the northern economy

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they industrialized

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How did the war affect the southern economy

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they faced problems because of free runaway slaves

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How did women help the war effort

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They provided supplies such as food and blankets

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What is draft

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military service requirement

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What is a Copperhead

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a northerner who opposed using force to keep the south in the union

47
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What is Inflation

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rise in price and devaluation of currency

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What is a profiteer

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a manufacturer who raises prices of needed war goods to make extra profit

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What is income tax

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tax on people’s earnings

50
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What is habeas corpus

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right to be charged or to have a hearing before being jailed

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What were the turning points of the war

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The battle of Gettysburg and Vicksburg

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What year was the Battle of Vicksburg

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1863

53
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What is a seige

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a military operation in which enemy forces surround a town or building

54
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What year was the Battle of Gettysburg

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1863

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What was the Gettysburg Address

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a short speech given my Lincoln during a ceremony for those lost in the Battle of Gettysburg

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What was Pickett’s Charge

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an infantry assault ordered by Confed General Robert E. Lee on the last day of the Battle of Gettysburg

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What is total war

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War where you destroy anything and everything (usually of use)

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When did General Lee surrender

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1865 after losing Richmond

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When did the civil war end

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April 9, 1865

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What was one of the north’s battle plans

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to take both ends of the Mississippi river and weaken the economy of the south

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What was the south thinking the north was going todo

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they thought the north would lose interest in the war

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When was the emancipation proclamation passed

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1863

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Why was the gettysburg and vicksburg victories significant

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because the union got control of the mississippi

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What is Sherman’s March

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a total war march conducted by General William Tecumseh Sherman

65
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How did the north use its sea power

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for blockades

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What were the weaknesses of the emancipation proclamation

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It didn’t instantly free slaves and mostly worked in union states and confed border states

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