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American Journey Final II
Battles
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8th Grade
05/15/2012

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Fort Sumter
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1861, Conf => started the Civil War
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Bull Run
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1861, Conf => first major battle...it would be a long war
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Shiloh
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1862, U => bloodiest days of the war, 20,000 died
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Monitor v. Merrimack
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1862, U => blocked Conf advancement up Potomac
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New Orleans
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1862, U => Conf could no longer use Mississippi R to transport goods
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Antietam
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1862, U => bloodiest battle with 6,000 dead and 17,000 wounded
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Gettysburg
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1863, U => loss was blow to Lee, only battle fought in North
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Vicksburg
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1863, U => gained control of Mississippi
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Appomattox
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1865 => Lee surrenders to Grant on April 9th
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Bennett Place
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1865 => Johnson surrenders largest army to McClellan on April 28
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South - reason to go to war
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to preserve way of life (economy, slavery, independence)
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North - reason to go to war
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to preserve the Union (not originally about emancipation)
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North - nickname
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Yankees
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South - nickname
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Rebels
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North - generals
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Grant, McClellan, Sherman, Farragut, Meade, Johnson
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South - generals
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Lee, Johnston, Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson
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Civil War
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1861-1865
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Results of Civil War
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most devastating conflict in American history with 600,000 soldiers dead and billions of $ in damages, bitter feelings among south lasted generations
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Results of Civil War
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saved the Union, strengthened federal government, freed many African Americans
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secession
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1860
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Richmond
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Conf capital
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Americans - reason to go to war (1812)
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to expand nation's power and to avenge British actions - impressment, supplying Tecumseh's federation with guns and supplies
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Results of War of 1812
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$158M spent fighting, unprepared and made many blunders, did not change existing borders
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Results of War of 1812
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gained new respect from other nations, increased patriotism
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War of 1812
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1812-1814
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War of 1812
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encouraged by War Hawks, James Madison urged Congress to declare war
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War of 1812
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ended with Treaty of Ghent
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American generals and heroes
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Hull, Harrison, Perry, Andrew Jackson, Dolley Madison
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Lake Erie
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1813, Am Perry => defeats British navy
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Thames
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1813 => Tecumseh died
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Burning of Washington, DC
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1814, Br => continue up Chesapeake to Baltimore
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Attack on Baltimore
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1814 => FSK watches attack on Fort McHenry from Br ship, writes The Star Spangled Banner
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Battle of New Orleans
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1815, Am => decisive victory led by Andrew Jackson (sadly, did not get word that treaty was already signed)
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North Carolina
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deeply divided over war, defenseless coast, 7,000 state militia volunteers
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North Carolina leaders in 1812
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Forsyth & Blakely (Wasp & Enterprise)
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North Carolina leaders in 1812
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First Lady Dolley Madison, Andrew Jackson (later president)
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War of 1812
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"Mr. Madison's War"
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Revolutionary War
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1776-1783
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Patriots - reasons to go to war
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colonists tradition of self-government, desire for separate entity from Britain
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Results of Revolutionary War
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long war, self-government, Constitution ratified, world recognition of independence
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First Continental Congress
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1774, listed grievances and called for repeal of 13 acts of Parliament enacted since 1763
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Lexington & Concord
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1775, Patriots => America would fight
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Bunker Hill (Breed's Hill)
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1775, Br => "don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes"
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Patriots reasons to go to war
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Proclamation of 1763, harsh British policies toward colonists thereafter, unfair taxes and regulations
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Declaration of Independence
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start of Revolutionary War
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Treaty of Paris
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end of Revolutionary War
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Second Continental Congress
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1775, began to govern colonies, print money, Continental Army, sent Olive Branch Petition to King George III who sent more troops
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Boston
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1776, Patriots => GW takes Boston from the British
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Trenton
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1776, Patriots => ambush on Christmas Eve, captured 900 Hessians and drove away British
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Saratoga
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1777, Patriots => Br, General Burgoyne surrenders
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Guilford Courthouse
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1780, Br => Nathananel Greene defeated by Cornwallis but stunned, Cornwallis withdraws
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Yorktown
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1781, Patriots => isolates Cornwallis' army with help of French, Cornwallis surrenders but fighting not altogether done, delegates go to Paris
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Patriot - generals
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Washington, Arnold, Gates, Greene
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British - generals of War of 1812
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Howe, Cornwallis
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