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Unit 1 Civil War Test Flashcards

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Missouri Compromise of 1820

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A slavery issue. There were 11 free and 11 slave states. Missouri and Maine are added. 12 all. No slavery past 36, 30

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Compromise of 1850

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California is admitted as a free state. Harsher and more effective fugitive slave law

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Fugitive Slave Law

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Compel states and local officials to capture and return runaway slaves

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Kansas Nebraska Act of 1854

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Repealed the Missouri Compromise. Popular Sovereignty is suggested by Stephen Douglas (Illinois)

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Popular Sovereignty

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The people of that territory decide what type of territory it is. (Free or Slave)

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Bleeding Kansas

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People rush to territories to control the slavery issue with popular sovereignty. Violence breaks out in 1855. Two separate constitutions are set up in Kansas

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Fred Scott Decision

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Slaves are not people and do not get to enjoy the rights of a white man. States the Missouri Compromise was unconstitutional

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John Browns Raid

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He tries to arm the slaves and start a revolution at a federal armory in Harper’s Ferry, Virginia. He is stopped by Robert E. Lee and killed for treason against Virginia

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Candidates in the Election of 1860

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John Bell (Tennessee)- Whig
Abe Lincoln (Illinois)-Republican
John Breckinridge (Kentucky)- Democrat 
Stephen Douglas (Illinois)-Democrat
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Candidates viewpoints

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Bell- No war, compromise
Lincoln-no slavery in the western territories
Breckinridge-Extend Slavery
Douglas-Popular Sovereignty

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7 Southern States that Seceded

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South Carolina, Florida, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Texas, Louisiana

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4 States After Sumter

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Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, Arkansas

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4 Border states

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Missouri, Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky

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Why did South Carolina Secede

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Not upholding FSL, slaves rebel against owners, electing Lincoln

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Fort Sumter

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Occurred in April 12, 1861. Lincoln is inaugurated on March 4, 1861. Resupply edition going to Fort Sumter. Beauregard forces a surrender on April 14, 1861.

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How long was the enlistment term for soldiers in 1861

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3 months for 75,000 soldiers

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Bull Run Generals

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Union- McDowell

Confederate-Beauregard

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Results

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"Stonewall Jackson"
Federal Retreat to Washington
No short War
Need to properly train men
Confederate Victory
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Fort Sumter landform

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Island

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City and harbor next to Sumter

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Charleston

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Union Advantages

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  1. Population 2. Transportation 3. Mineral Deposits 4. Farmland for crops 5. Wealth in money not land 6. Industry production (92%)
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Confederate Advantages

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  1. Defensive War strategy 2. Better officers 3. King Cotton 4. Outdoor Life 5. Clear Goal
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Ironclads

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ships made of metal that wouldn’t sink to a cannon ball

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Name the two Ironclads

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USS Monitor CSS Merrimac/CSS Virginia

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Shiloh

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Grant is trying to meat up with Buell. Johnston surprise attacks Grant and pins him against the Tennessee River. Buell arrives and Grant counterattacks. Union win, casualties are greater than all previous wars before

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Peninsular Campaign

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McClellan tries to capture Richmond through the land between York and James Rivers. Lee takes control and pushes McClellan back into Washington

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Jackson’s Valley Campaign

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His 18,000 men take on three Union armies and wins through gorilla tactics and hit in runs

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2nd Bull Run

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Lee attacks Pope on the old battleground. Pope loses

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Antietam/Sharpsburg

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Lee invade Maryland hoping they will join the Confederacy. McClellan doesn’t move quickly or commit all of his troops. He could’ve won the war. Bloodiest day in American History with over 23,000 casualties. No Britain

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Emancipation Proclamation

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July, 1862 Lincoln frees all slaves in the states in rebellion. NOT the border states, blacks can be soldiers.

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Fredericksburg

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Burnside vs Lee. Burnside orders 14 assaults on fortified Rebel positions at Marye’s Heights. All decimated and officers refuse another attack

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Chancellorsville

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Hooker vs Lee. Hooker moves most of his army to the Wilderness, where he plans on flanking Lee. Hooker freezes and Lee attacks. Jackson flanks and crushes the Union. Jackson dies when patrolling by his own units.

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Gettysburg

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Pretty much know

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Wilderness

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Grant vs Lee. At the old Chancellorsville ground, Grant loses 18,000 men but does not retreat to Washington

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Spotsylvania

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Lee vs Grant. Lee entrenches and holds. Grant attacks Mule Shoe for 24 straight hours of hand to hand combat

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Cold Harbor

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Lee vs Grant. Confederate forces are entrenched. Grant loses 7,000 men in 20 minutes.

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Petersburg

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Grant vs Lee. Both sides entrench. Battle of the crater where Union miners put a bomb under neath the Confederates. Bomb blows up but Union soldiers run into the crater and get stuck. Disaster…… Turns into a siege and takes 9 months. Union Victory

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Sherman’s March to the Sea

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Sherman takes Atlanta and the city is burned by Hood and Johnston so Union couldn’t get supplies. Sherman marches all the way to Savannah and burns everything in his path. See Andersonville POW camp and get enraged.

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Election of 1864 Candidates

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Republican: Lincoln
Democrat: George B. McClellan

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Results of 1864

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LINCOLN!!!!!! Lincoln wins all but three states 212-21

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Final Results of the War

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Grant takes Petersburg on April 2nd. Lee evacuates Richmond. Lee surrenders to Grant at Appomattox Court House on April 9th 1865.

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RIP Lincoln

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Shot by John Wilkes Booth in Ford’s Theater on April 14th

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