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us history test
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11th Grade
12/16/2010

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strengths of the union
Definition

had more people

experienced gov

large navy

Term
strengths of the south
Definition

general lee

fighting on own soil

trading with europe

 

Term
causes why the south fought
Definition

thought gov was getting too powerful

for their rights

wanted to seceed

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why the north faught
Definition

to save the union

anti-slavery

 

Term
new military tactics
Definition

all out war

anaconda

cut off supplies

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lincolns views of secession
Definition
they cant seceed no matter what
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souths  views on secession
Definition
that if the government is currupt then they can leave
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union strategy
Definition

anaconda

cut off supplies

exaustion

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war of exhaustion
Definition

cut off supplies

exhaust them

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mississippi river
Definition
to take the mississippi to cut off supplies
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souths strategy
Definition

to just outlast the north

a defensive war

Term
border states and their importance
Definition

deleware

kentucky

maraland

missouri

they were important because of their geographical position and that they had strong ties to both sides

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habeas corpus
Definition
cant be detained without going before a trial
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#of deaths
Definition
620,000
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copperheads
Definition
a northerner who sympathized with the south
Term
hardtack
Definition
a hard biscut that the soldiers ate
Term
trent affair
Definition
a few men from the north tried to stop a brittish ship from going to the south
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fort sumter
Definition

the civil war started at 4:30

no deaths

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first bull run(manasas)
Definition

the first major battle

1982 deaths

bad for the north

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peninsula campaign
Definition

-mclelland is in charge who is very cautious

-tried to take richmond

-7 day battle

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antietam (sharpsburg)
Definition

-the south tried to take the north

*bloodiest day thus far

-they tried to take maraland

-there were pictures and people were horified

Term
fort wagner (54th regiment)
Definition
a very secured for and a black regiment went in first
Term
vicksburg
Definition

general grand captured vicksburg

thus gaining control of the mississippi river and dividing the south

 

Term
gettysburg location
Definition
pennsilvania
Term
cemetery ridge
Definition
where pickets charge took place
Term
seminary ridge
Definition

where the confederates were and then left

******

Term

#soldiers & #casualties

in gettysburg

Definition

165,000 soldiers

50,000 deaths

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picketts charge
Definition
lee attacked but the troops held their ground. the next day her ordered 15000 men to take a massive assault
Term
union/confed. officers that were hilighted
Definition

lee

mead

grant

mcclellan

scott

ect.

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shermans march to the sea
Definition
destroyed everything to the ground to try to scare tha citizens
Term
seige of petersburg
Definition

the union soldiers were outside petersburg

set off an explosive

north went into the crater

lots of men died

Term
general winfield scott
Definition

hero from the mexican war

war of exaustion

Term
general robert e lee
Definition

in charge of the south

amazing!!

Term
stonewall jackson
Definition

he stood like a stonewall

confederate general

Term
general george b mcclellan
Definition

super cautious

peninsula campaign

great at training armies

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jefferson davis
Definition
president of the confederacy
Term
general ulysses s grant
Definition
general for the north
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david farragut
Definition
took control of the union force of 42 warships and 1500 soldiers
Term
mathew brady
Definition
the photographer
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clara barton
Definition
was a nurse
Term
elizabeth blackwell
Definition
first femal physician
Term
frederick douglass
Definition
black man who wanted blacks to be citizens
Term
col. robert shaw
Definition
lead the 54th regiment
Term
sergeant william carney
Definition
first black to recieve the medal of honor
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general george pickett
Definition

he disliked slavery even though he was a confederate

picketts charge

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general william tecumseh sherman
Definition
failed to break throught the ridge
Term
general geprge gordon meade
Definition
the replacement for hooker
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general lewis amistead
Definition

confederate general

gettysburg, pickets charge, cemetary hill

Term
general winfield scott hancock
Definition
officer in the army of the potomic
Term
general james longstreet
Definition
the confederate general blamed fo the loss at gettysburg
Term
joshua chamberlain
Definition
congressional medal of honor
Term
emancipation proclamation
Definition

issued after antietam

applied only to the seceeded states

changed the character of the the war

 

Term
how did people aviod being drafted
Definition

being wealthy

replacement

20+ slaves

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the role of the blacks in the war
Definition
they faught and worked really hard
Term
gettysburg dedicaton
Definition

lincold talked for 2 minutes

amazing talk

Term
andersonville
Definition

where the prison was

-no shelter

-tons died

-in the south

-no food

Term
lincolns 1st inaguaral address
Definition
that he was going to save the union
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lincolns 2nd inaugual address
Definition
that it was a time to foregiveness and to rebuild america
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thirteenth amendment
Definition
banning slavery
Term
appomattox
Definition
where the treaty was signed
Term
arlington national cemetary
Definition

where tons of soldiers are burried

where gettysburg as

lee was sort of in charge of it

Term
word the means to leave the union
Definition
secession
Term
years of the civil war
Definition
1861-1865
Term
army of the potomac
Definition
attempted to take richmond, virginia from the conferacy
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army of northern virginia
Definition
was the primary force of the confederacy
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