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| The war from 1860-1865 fought between the Union - Northern states - and the Confederacy - many Southern states over the desire of the Southern states to secede to keep slavery. |
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| - involuntary servitude of African-Americans or Blacks in the United States from 1619-1865. |
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- the belief that a state’s sovereignty is more important than that of the national
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| The act of making legally null and void. |
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| - compromise between the North and South that allowed California to enter the union in exchange for the passage of the Fugitive Slave Act. |
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| position supported by several prominent Georgia politicians who supported the Compromise of 1850 |
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| (1857) - Supreme Court ruling that declared enslaved people were not citizens of the United States. |
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| Abraham Lincoln's Election 1860 |
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| - election where Abraham Lincoln defeated three opponents to win the presidency; upon Lincoln’s election, Southern states seceded from the Union. |
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| the act of separating from a nation or state and becoming independent; the withdrawal of eleven southern states from the Union in 1860, leading to the Civil War. |
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| a naval strategy by the United States to prevent the Confederacy from trading. The Union wanted to try and choke off resupply to the South, and to prevent the shipment of arms, ammunition and material to the Southern States. |
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| Emancipation Proclamation |
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| - document that declared all enslaved people in the rebellious states would be freed if the South did not return to the Union by January 1, 1863. |
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| (September 18-20, 1863) - Confederate victory; largest battle fought in Georgia; led to the battle of Chattanooga. |
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| Sherman's Atlanta Campaign |
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- a series of battles fought in the Western Theater of the American Civil War throughout northwest Georgia and the area around Atlanta during the summer of 1864; a Union military campaign led by William T. Sherman from May 1864-September 1864 with the Atlanta as the ultimate
objective; Sherman’s army marched from Chattanooga to Atlanta. Included the battles of Dalton (Union
victory), Resaca (Union victory), and Kennesaw Mountain (Confederate victory; only Union loss during the campaign). |
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| Sherman's march to the sea |
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| - Union military campaign led by William T. Sherman from November 15-December 25, 1864 with Savannah being the ultimate objective; more importantly Sherman used a “scorched earth” policy to end the South’s will to fight. |
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| - infamous Civil War prisoner-of-war camp in Macon County, Georgia. Over 13,000 Union soldiers died in the camp. |
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