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| states that were in the Union but were allowed to have slavery; important because of their locations; Kentucky - Ohio River, Missouri - Mississippi River, Maryland - Washington D.C. located half in the state, Delaware - located in the North |
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| wanted states' rights over federal government; wanted to be an independent nation |
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| Battle that included the bloodies day in the Civil War |
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| North's main goal of the war |
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| Emancipation Proclamation |
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| Signed by Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863; freed slaves in the Confederacy; made African Americans in the North happy |
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| African Americans in the war |
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| served as soldiers in their own regiments; important steps to securing civil rights |
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| supported the North (Union) when Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation |
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| Battle site in Pennsylvania; place where Lincoln gave a famous speech to dedicate a cemetery in which he explains the whole point of the war |
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| Sherman's March to the Sea - used this tactic of completely destroying the South in order to break the South's will to fight |
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| where the South surrendered to the North; terms were not high because Grant wanted to end the war without hatred and more loss of life |
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| capital of the Confederacy |
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| new state created by 48 counties separating themselves in Virginia because they didn't want to break from the Union |
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| founded the American Red Cross |
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| city in Mississippi, on the the Mississippi River, captured by the North and cut off supply lines to the Confederate army |
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