Civil War Unit Flashcards

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Elijah LoveJoy

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Murdered for supporting Freedom of slaves

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Stephan Douglas

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Supported Popular sovereignty

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Charles Sumner

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He was attacked in congress for his slavery views

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Horace Greeley

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Wanted Lincoln to free slaves as part of the war

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John Brown

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Abolitionists that thought the lord sent him to destroy slavery

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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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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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Union General McClellan

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Did not lead well and made to many slow decisions

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Vice President Andrew Johnson

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Became president when Lincoln was killed

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Jefferson Davis

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President of confederacy

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Abraham Lincoln

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Wanted to save the union more than free the slaves

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Washington DC

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Border between the north and the south

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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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Battle of Vicksburg

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Gave the union the Mississippi river

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15
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Battle of Antietam

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Bloodiest battle of the war

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16
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The Battle of Gettysburg was what year?

17
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The Battle of Gettysburg

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Turning point of the war, the north was winning afterwards

18
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Battle of Petersburg

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Union one this battle and Richmond on the same day

19
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Battle of Vicksburg

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Happened the same week as Gettysburg

20
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What left Georgia TOTALLY destroyed???

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Sherman’s March to the Sea

21
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Appomattox Virginia

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Where the south surrenders

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

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Give up Guns, Keep Horses

23
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Who signs the surrender Pappers?

24
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Who invented the cotton Gin???

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The constitution did not mention, what?
Slavery
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The Union plan for victory
Capture Richmond, take the Mississippi, and block important southern ports
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Confederate plan for victory
Fight a defensive war, wait for the north to give up, and depend on the advise of their generals
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Name three Compromises
The Missouri Compromise Compromise of 1850 Kansas Nebraska act
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How many states left right away after Lincoln was elected???
7
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Emancipation Proclemation
Only freed the slaves in the south
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Election of 1860
Abraham one without ANY help from the souther states
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Ironclad ships
Monitor (north) Merrimack (south)
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H. L. Hunley
First Submarine used in the war (made by south)
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Harriet Beecher Stowe
Wrote "Uncle Toms Cabin" which showed all the bad things about slavery