Civil War Unit Flashcards

1
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Elijah LoveJoy

A

Murdered for supporting Freedom of slaves

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2
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Stephan Douglas

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Supported Popular sovereignty

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3
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Charles Sumner

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He was attacked in congress for his slavery views

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4
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Horace Greeley

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Wanted Lincoln to free slaves as part of the war

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5
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John Brown

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Abolitionists that thought the lord sent him to destroy slavery

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6
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General lee

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Confederate that was the lead general of the south,first to use trench warfare, and his home was used as a cemetery after the war as punishment

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7
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Union General Sherman

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Lead the march to the sea that destroyed so much, that it took away the Souths ability to fight

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8
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Union General McClellan

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Did not lead well and made to many slow decisions

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9
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Vice President Andrew Johnson

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Became president when Lincoln was killed

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10
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Jefferson Davis

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President of confederacy

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11
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Abraham Lincoln

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Wanted to save the union more than free the slaves

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12
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Washington DC

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Border between the north and the south

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13
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Charleston, south Carolina (Ft Sumter)

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Where the war began

South thought it was their land

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14
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Battle of Vicksburg

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Gave the union the Mississippi river

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15
Q

Battle of Antietam

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Bloodiest battle of the war

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16
Q

The Battle of Gettysburg was what year?

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July 1863

17
Q

The Battle of Gettysburg

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Turning point of the war, the north was winning afterwards

18
Q

Battle of Petersburg

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Union one this battle and Richmond on the same day

19
Q

Battle of Vicksburg

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Happened the same week as Gettysburg

20
Q

What left Georgia TOTALLY destroyed???

A

Sherman’s March to the Sea

21
Q

Appomattox Virginia

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Where the south surrenders

22
Q

When the South Surrenders, it has to give up what, and keep what?

A

Give up Guns, Keep Horses

23
Q

Who signs the surrender Pappers?

A

General lee

24
Q

Who invented the cotton Gin???

A

Eli Whitney

25
Q

The constitution did not mention, what?

A

Slavery

26
Q

The Union plan for victory

A

Capture Richmond, take the Mississippi, and block important southern ports

27
Q

Confederate plan for victory

A

Fight a defensive war, wait for the north to give up, and depend on the advise of their generals

28
Q

Name three Compromises

A

The Missouri Compromise

Compromise of 1850

Kansas Nebraska act

29
Q

How many states left right away after Lincoln was elected???

A

7

30
Q

Emancipation Proclemation

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Only freed the slaves in the south

31
Q

Election of 1860

A

Abraham one without ANY help from the souther states

32
Q

Ironclad ships

A

Monitor (north)

Merrimack (south)

33
Q

H. L. Hunley

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First Submarine used in the war (made by south)

34
Q

Harriet Beecher Stowe

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Wrote “Uncle Toms Cabin” which showed all the bad things about slavery