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Chapter 17 The Civil War
Chapter 17 The Civil War DiTizio
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8th Grade
05/16/2012

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Chapter 17 The Civil War
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Three parts of the Union(North) strategy for winning Civil War
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Take Mississippi River
Blockade Southern Ports
Take Richmond
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Three parts of Confederate (South) strategy for winning Civil War
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Defensive War
Take Washington, DC
Get help from European Countries
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Border States
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Slave states that stayed in the Union:
Missouri, DE, MD, KY, WV
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Robert E. Lee
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General who turned down Abe Lincoln
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William T. Sherman
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General who made a bloody march to Atlanta
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Ulysses S. Grant
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General who was victorious at the Battle of Shiloh Hill
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George Meade
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General who was the Union commander at Gettysburg
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George Pickett
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General who led 15,000 men to death during a hill charge
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George McClellan
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Union general who was slow to attack his enemies
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Stonewall Jackson
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Confederate general who had soldiers take the train to the Battle of Bull Run
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Abner Doubleday
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General who invented baseball to entertain his soldiers
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The Conscription Act of 1863
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Piece of legislation (law) that allowed the Union army to conduct the first draft in American history
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The correct order of the Civil War Battles
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Bull Run
Antietam
Vicksburg
Gettysburg
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One effect of the Emancipation Proclamation
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It added the abolition of slavery in the South to the Union's war goals
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The Battle of Fredericksburg
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It was a stunning Confederate victory
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The concept of total war differed from earlier strategies
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Because civilians were subject to the same hardships as enemy soldiers
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The city of Vicksburg was important from a military perspective because
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Capturing the city meant that you would control the Mississippi River
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William Tecumseh Sherman
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Destroyed the city of Atlanta and led the bloody march to the Atlantic Ocean
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Appomattox Courthouse, Virginia
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Where Robert E. Lee surrendered to Grant
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George McClellan
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Ran for president against Abe Lincoln in 1864
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The Gettysburg Address
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A two minute speech given after an important Civil War Battle
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Ulysses S. Grant and William T. Sherman
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Generals who developed the concept of "Total War"
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The concept of Total War
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Attacking military, civilian, and industrial targets in a city
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Andersonville
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A prisoner of war Camp located in Georgia
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During the battle of HAMPTON ROADS
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Metal warships faced off for the 1st time in world history
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IRONCLAD
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A warship made from or plated with metal
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The Monitor
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The Union ship
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The Virginia
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The Confederate ship
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The first battle between metal warships ended in a
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Tie
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The commander of the ARMY OF THE POTOMAC
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Commanded the entire Union army
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General Grant
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Won the Battle of Shiloh Hill
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General Grant became
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GENERAL IN CHIEF OF ALL UNION ARMIES
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John Wilkes Booth
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Assassinated Abe Lincoln
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Ford's theater
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Where Abe Lincoln was assassinated
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