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Delaware
Kentucky
Missouri
maryland |
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| why was eastern Maryland put under martial law? |
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| if Maryland seceded, the US capital would be in confederate territory, so eastern Maryland was put under martial law |
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| what advantages did the north have in the war? |
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Definition
larger population
more farmland
more factories |
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| what advantages did the south have in the war? |
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fighting on own territory
better generals/ Robert e lee |
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| what strategies did the north use |
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Definition
set up a naval blockade (if the south couldn't sell cotton to Britain, it would run out of money to fight)
control the miss river and seize Richmond (capital) |
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| what strategies did the south use |
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Definition
| defend their land until northerners gave up, trade w/ Britain, helped Britain would support them |
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| who was the first general in the north and what did he do? |
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Definition
| Irvin McDowell, marched into VA before troops were fully trained |
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Term
| what was the first battle of the war and where was it fought? what was the outcome? |
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| the battle of bull run was fought along bull run, a river near manassas, Virginia. the south held firm, and the poorly trained panicked and retreated |
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| what was the union army's goal in marching to virginia |
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Definition
| northerners wanted to end the war quickly; popular demand. |
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| what were two dangers faced by soldiers in prison camps? |
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Definition
1) prisoners did not have clean water which led to disease
2) they died each day from starvation/exposure |
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