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American History Civil War 53196
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11th Grade
01/09/2013

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what was lincolns primary goal to be elected?
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to preserve the union
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where were the first shots fired?
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Fort Sumter
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Who turned down command to stay loyal to Virginia?
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Lee
Term
who was the president of the confederate states of america?
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Jefferson Davis
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VP under Lincoln; later impeached
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Andrew Johnson
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 famous for burning of atlanta
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Sherman
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1st battle of bull run + 2nd battle of bull run were to:
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administer a knockout blow by capturing Richmond
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Civil war was brought on by:
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north and south no longer being able to compromise
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1st state to secede
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South carolina
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famous fort on mississippi/ battle
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Vicksburg
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union naval commander who captured new orleans
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parragot
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Commander on the march to Fort Wagner
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Robert Shaw

(fred doug son was in his platoon)

Term
Greatest battle of northern hemisphere
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battle of gettysburg
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lincoln used this battle to launch the emancipation proclomation
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antietam
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nickname of blockaid startegy
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anaconda
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Battle of Iron Clads (2 ships)
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monitor and merrimac
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at the battle of shiloh, Gen Grant thought
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they had to totally defeat the South
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Famous for setting up field hospitals and Red Cross
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Clara Barton
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Doctor who hleped to organize the sanitary commission @ field hospitals
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Elizabeth Blackwell
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Secretary of war/ radical republicans; killed by his own sentries
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edward stanton
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Oklahoma Sooners brought on by
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homestead act
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Bill that was not signed into law by Lincoln
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Wade-Davis Bill
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Old Slave vagrancy laws
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black codes
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Freedmans bureau
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helped blacks and aided darmers
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military reconstruction act
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generals became military gobernors
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13, 14 and 15th amendment come when?
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recent years after the civil war
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northerners who benefitted from reconstruction
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carpetbaggers
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southerners
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scalawags
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ran everything at Tammany Hall
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Boss Tweed
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Grants scandal for railroad work
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credit mobilier act
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act that tried to americanize all americans
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Dawes Acts
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