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| The Civil War began when Southern forces attacked U.S. troops at _______________ in South Carolina. |
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| The American military officer who resigned from the U.S. Army in order to become commanding general of the Confederate Army of North Virginia. |
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| General Robert E. Lee [image] |
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| What were the border states? |
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Missouri, Kentucky, West Virginia, Maryland & Delaware These were slave states that bordered states in which slavery was illegal. [image] |
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| This person commanded Union forces at Shiloh, Tennessee. He was criticized by Congress because of the large number of men who died at the Battle of Shiloh. But President Lincoln refused to get rid of him saying, "I can't spare this man--he fights." |
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General Ulysses S. Grant [image] |
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| This strategy was the North's plan to defeat the South by forming a naval blockade and by capturing the Mississippi River. |
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| The Anaconda Plan [image] |
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| Why did the South expect both France and England to support them instead of the Union? |
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| Because of King Cotton [The South grew most of the cotton that Europe needed for its textile mills.]
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| An important change in military technology (weapons) that happened during the civil war was the ___________________. It increased the casualty rate (more men died) |
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| the rifle with the minie ball
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| Who was the President of the Union? |
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| Who was the President of the Confederacy? |
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| The capital city of the Confederacy (that the South most wanted to protect) |
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| Richmond, Virginia [image] |
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| What battle was the "bloodiest day of the war"? |
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Battle of Antietam Neither side won that battle, but Robert E. Lee was forced to withdraw his troops and some saw it as a victory for the North because Lee had not captured any Northern territory. [image] |
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| Characteristics of the South |
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the South was called "the Confederacy"; its soldiers were called "Rebels"; they wore gray uniforms; greatest strength was in its military leadership; had a strong military tradition; strong motivation to fight--they were fighting a defensive war on their own land greatest weakness was an economy that could not support a long war--few factories to produce guns. Lacked railroads and had no real navy. When the North blockaded their ports and trade was cut off from Europe, they faced severe shortages. [image] |
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| Characteristics of the North |
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| called the Union; soldiers called the "Yankees"; wore blue uniforms; had a larger population; wanted to preserve the Union; stronger navy and more shipyards; more factories and industry; more railroads; more farms to provide food for the troops; most of the banks and wealth in gold were in the North; weakness was its military leadership--not enough good military officers[image] |
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| When this city was captured, the Union got control of the Mississippi River |
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| According to this, only the slaves in the states which had seceded were set free |
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| Emancipation Proclamation
It said all slaves in the Confederate territory were free.
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| This is where the South surrendered to the North and a treaty was signed to end the Civil War |
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| Appomattox Court House (a small Virginia town)
General Lee surrendered to General Grant[image] |
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| abolished slavery
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| offered citizenship and equal protection of the laws to all people (it granted blacks citizenship)
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| Gave black males suffrage (the right to vote) [image] |
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