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Chapter 10 Social Studies Flashcards

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Withdrawal from the union

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Secession

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Belief that states could overrule the federal government

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States Rights

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Established free and slave states

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Missouri Compromise

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California enters as free state, New Mexico and Utah decide for themselves

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Compromise of 1850

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Ability to decide issues for themselves

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Popular Sovereignty

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Ensured slave holders they could reclaim escaped slaves

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Fugitive Slave Law

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Dividing the country based on free or slave state

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Sectionalism

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Government formed by the southern states

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CSA

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Allowed union army to seize southern property

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Confiscation Act

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Strategy to surround the CSA

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Anaconda Plan

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An army surrounds a torn of fort

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Siege

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Longest siege in Civil War history

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Port Hudson

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Confederate military in Louisiana known for ferocity and willingness to fight

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Fighting Tigers

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Confederate Victory the prevented Shreveport from being captured

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Battle of Mansfield

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Union General that controlled New Orleans

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Benjamin Butler

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People who wanted to free slaves

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Abolitionist

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Built to raise the level of the Red River

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Bailey’s Dam

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CSA general from LA, who lead attack at Fort Sumter

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P.G.T. Beauregard

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Union naval officer who captured NOLA

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David Farragut

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Where the first battle of the Civil War took place

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Fort Sumter

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GENERAL WHO LED ATTACK ON FT. SUMTER.\

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Beauregard

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UNION NAVAL OFFICER WHO CAPTURED NEW ORLEANS.

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David Farragut

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GENERAL HATED BY NEW ORLEANIANS.

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Benjamin Butler

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BATTLE THAT PREVENT CAPTURE OF SHREVEPORT.

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Battle Mansfield

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WITHDRAWAL FROM THE UNION.
Secession
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DIVIDING THE COUNTRY BASED ON SLAVE OR FREE STATE.
Sectionalism
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SOUTHERN GOVERNMENT.
CSA
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ALLOWED THE UNION ARMY TO SEIZE PROPERTY.
Confiscation Act
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STRATEGY TO SURROUND THE C.S.A.
Anaconda Plan
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PEOPLE WHO WANTED TO FREE THE SLAVES.
Abolitionist
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BUILT ON RED RIVER TO RAISE WATER LEVEL.
Baileys Dam
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LONGEST SIEGE IN THE CIVIL WAR.
Port Hudson
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MILITARY GROUP WHO FOUGHT WITH GENERAL LEE.
Fighting Tigers
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LIST 4 CAUSES OF THE CIVIL WAR.*
Lincoln’s election, slavery, sectionalism, and state’s rights
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ENSURED SLAVEHOLDERS THEY COULD RECLAIM ESCAPED SLAVES.
Fugitive Slave Law
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ESTABLISHED FREE AND SLAVE STATES.
Missouri Compromise
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CALIFORNIA ENTERED AS FREE STATE , UTAH , NEW MEXICO DECIDE FOR THEMSELVES.*
Compromise of 1850
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IMPORTANT PORT CITY TO BOTH THE UNION AND CONFEDERACY.
New Orleans
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CAUSED THE SURRENDER OF PORT HUDSON.
Fall of Vicksburg
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2 STATE GOVERNMENTS DURING THE CIVIL WAR.
Union and CSA
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TRAINING GROUND FOR C.S.A. TROOPS.
Camp Walker
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CLOSEST CIVIL WAR BATTLE TO LAFAYETTE.
Battle of Bayou Vermillion
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APRIL 9, 1865
General Lee surrenders at Appomattox
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JANUARY 26, 1861
Louisiana seceded from the Union
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MARCH 21, 1861
LA joined CSA
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60 DAYS
How long the south thought the war would last
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THIS PARTY DID NOT EXIST IN LOUISIANA.
Republican
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VALUABLE RESOURCE FOUND ON AVERY ISLAND.
Salt
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FORTS THAT PROTECTED NEW ORLEANS TO THE SOUTH.
Fort Jackson and Fort St. Phillip
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TURNING POINT IN CIVIL WAR.
Gettysburg and Vicksburg
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ORDER # 28
Women could not talk about Union Troops
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NUMBER OF BATTLES IN LOUISIANA.
More than 600 battles
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DECIDING BATTLE IN THE CIVIL WAR.*
Gettysburg
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1ST MAJOR BATTLE OF CIVIL WAR.*
Bull Run
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C.S.A. PRESIDENT
Jefferson Davis
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EMERGED FROM BULL RUN , LATER KILLED AT CHANCELLORSVILLE.*
Stonewall jackson
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BLOODIEST DAY IN U.S. HISTORY.*
Antietam
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GENERAL WHO BURNED ATLANTA.*
William Sherman
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BATTLE THAT BEGAN GRANT’S RISE.*
Battle of Shiloh
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C.S.A. SURRENDERED HERE.
Appomattox courthouse
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Location of Louisiana's Capitols?
Shreveport, Baton Rouge, Alexandria, and Opelousas

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