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The Civil War
The Civil War
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7th Grade
06/07/2013

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abolitionist
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Someone who tried to eradicate slavery
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600,000
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The number of Americans that died in the Civil War.
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Symbolic end of the Civil War
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Lee surrender's to Grant
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Grant & Lee
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Head generals at the end of the Civil War
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Hardtack
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Main food for the Union
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Emancipation Proclamation
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Freed slaves in the rebelling states
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Diseases
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Killed the most soldiers in the Civil War
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Confederate plan
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Fight until the North gave up
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Comparison of troops between the North and South
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North outnumered the South 3 to 1.
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1860
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Licoln won the Presidential election
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North
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Most factories were located here.
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Abolishing slavery
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Not part of Union plan at the beginning of the Civil War
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Fort Sumter
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First shots of the Civil War
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Battle of Gettysburg
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Considered the turning point of the Civil War
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"All men are created equal"
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Quote by Abraham Lincoln from tthe Gettysburg address
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Drafting
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Forcing men to serve in the military
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Confederate advantage
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They had the best military leaders.
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Total War
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Everything is totally destroyed
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Battle of Gettysburg
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Took place in Pennsylvania
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Emancipation Proclamation
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Turned European favor from the Confederate states
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