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37 Cards in this Set
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Fort Sumter
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*Charleston, South Carolina
*Confederacy troops mad at Union for occupying what they considered Confederate land, they fired on_____. Union surrendered the next day. |
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Civil War
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A war between two groups of citizens of the same country.
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Advantages of the Confederacy
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*the confederate boys grew up with horses and guns.
*well trained officers |
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Robert E. Lee
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*graduated from U.S. Military Academy
*was asked to be commander of the Union army. He said ," I can't fight against my birthplace." *soon became commander of the Confederate army. |
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Strengths of the Union
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*large population
*more resources than the Confederacy * had most of country's railroads to transport soldiers and supplies *this made possible to build and supply a larger army |
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General Winfield Scott
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made Anaconda Plan with President Lincoln to defeat the Confederacy
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Anaconda Plan
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designed my Winfield Scott to defeat Confederacy. 1- form blockade in all Southern ports 2- take control of Mississippi River 3- attack from east and west
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Cotton Diplomacy
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President Jefferson Davis (of Confederacy) new Anaconda Plan would hurt the South. He tried to get U.K and Frenchies to come to their aid. they sent a few war ships but that was all. they refused to join unless proof of the con.'s win.
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Bull Run
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July 21, 1861, Un.+Con. fought at stream in Manassass, Virginia. Un. appeared to be winning. Officer T.J. Jackson stood still in the open. The Un. ran away.
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Thomas"Stonewall" Jackson
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after battle of Bull Run, Officer Jackson had stood in the open of the battle and had not been shot once.
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Total War
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when each side not only strikes against one another's soldiers, but against civilians and the economic system of the enemy.
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Civilian
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a person not in the armed forces
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Merricack
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sunken Union battle ship. Con. raised it and put metal plates on it to make an ironclad ship. Renamed the Virginia
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Monitor
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an ironclad Union ship. spent more than four hours against the Merrimack at battle. Neither could damage the other.
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Distribution Map
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a map showing how something is spread out over an area. such as language, climate, and products
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Antietam (an TEE tum)
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Confederate troops thought they were winning their independence. all hope was lost when they me the un. at _____, Maryland, September 17, 1862. the con. retreated after one of the bloodiest battles in U.S. history
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Emancipation Proclamation
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President Lincoln issued the ___. January 1, 1863 it said, " all persons held as slaves within any state... in rebellion against the U.S., shall be then, henceforth, and forever free.
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Juneteenth
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after Emancipation Proclamation went into effect. It took years for the news to reach the southern states.It did not reach Texas until June 19, 1865, two years after. It is celebrated by many African Americans in the south.
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54th Regiment
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before E.P. A.A. were not allowed in the army. The Un. had very first 54th Massachusetts Colored Regiment. Lee convinced south later to have colored people in the army. they were allowed their freedom if they served.
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Mary Ann Bickerdayke
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nurse served in the Un. for 19 battles. she performed medical operations and passed out food and supplies.
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Clara Barton
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began war work passing out food and supplies for the Un. troops in Virginia. later performed hundreds of operations, even digging out bullets of soldier's wounds with her penknife(ewww)
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Sally Tompkins
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ran a private hospital in Richmond. she retreated more than 1,300 soldiers. Her hospital saved 73 of them. This was the best record of any hospital North or South
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Gettysburg Address
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a speech by Abraham Lincoln declaring the battlefield of ____ a national cemetery.
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Draft
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the selection of men who have to serve in the military.
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William Tecumseh Sherman
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After the success of Grant Lincoln put him in charge of the Un. army. Grant ordered General_____ in the west, into Georgia to do the same.
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Petersburg
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after Grant planned to capture Richmond. He moved them south of Richmond to ____. there the two forces fought a standoff taht would last into 1865.
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Thirteenth Amendment
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February 1865, Congress voted to pass ____. It read, Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime or whereof convicted, shall exist whithin the U.S., or any place subject to their jurisdiction.
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Appomattox Court House
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Grant and Lee meet. Lee has surrendered to the Un.
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Reconstruction
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period after Civil War in which Congress passes laws designed to bring Southern states back into the Union
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Andrew Johnson
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a democrat from Tennessee. Had his own plan for Reconstruction.
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Black Codes
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Laws passed bye Southern states after Civil War that limited the rights of the newly freed A.A.
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Fourteenth Amendment
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made colored citizens of the U.S. and guaranteed them the same legal rights as whites.
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Freedman's Bureau
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provided food, clothing shelter, medical care, jobs, and legal help for both black and whites.
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Sharecropping
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late 1800's, a system in which farmers rented land from a land owner and paid the owner with a share of their crop
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Fifteenth Amendment
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said states could not deny male citizens the right to vote on account of race and color.
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Jim Crow Laws
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separated from using same schools, restaurants, trains, hotels, or parks.
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segregation
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the separation of people, usually based on race or religion
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