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8th Grade
05/12/2009

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Term
abolitionist
Definition
a reformer who favors abolishing slavery
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blockade
Definition
obstruct: hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of
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South Border States
Definition
Virginia, North Carolina, Arkansas, and Tennesse.
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North Border States
Definition
Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky, and Missouri (not abolitionists though)
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conscription
Definition
drafting of men in the military service
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Martial Law
Definition
a form of military rule that includes suspending Bill of Rights freedoms.
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Ironclad
Definition
Iron-plated ship
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contraband
Definition
banned exportation, importation, and possession of goods.
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copperheads
Definition
northeners who would o anything to avoid the war
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Habeas Corpus
Definition
Guarantees a person who is arrested the right to appear before a judge in a court of law.
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secede
Definition
to leave the U.S.
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What was a nickname given to soldiers in the Confederate Army?
Definition
Rebels
Term
Nickname of Union Army?
Definition
Yankees
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How did Stonewall Jackson get his name?
Definition
First battle of bull run, the unionist army was attacking and everyone said Jackson "stood there like a stonewall"
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What did the Union "victory" at Antietam help Lincoln do?
Definition
Emancipation Proclamation
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Despite the Confederate victory at Chancellorsville what did they lose?
Definition
Jackson died
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How did Grant eventually take Vicksburg?
Definition
Siege
Term
Who was Clara Barton and what did she found?
Definition
served in numerous Union field hospitals and later founded the American Red Cross.
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What is total war?
Definition
Destroying all of the enemy's resources.
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When and where was Abraham Lincoln assassinated him? Who assassinated him?
Definition
April 14th, 1865 Lincoln was assassinated at Ford's Theatre by John Wilkes Booth.
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Why was Grant's capture of the Confederate city of Vicksburg a major part of the Union's overall strategy for victory?
Definition
Vicksburg basically supplied everything to Richmond which was the capital of the South.
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How was Sherman's March an example of "Total War" ?
Definition
They burned a 60 mile wide path through Georgia
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What are the confederate states?
Definition
virginia, s. carolina, n. carolina, georgia, florida, alabama, missouri, Tennessee, arkansas, louisiana, texas
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What started the Civil War?
Definition
Fort Sumter was attacked.
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who fired the first shot?
Definition
Beaugard fired the first shot.
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What happened with West Virginia?
Definition
in 1863, west virginia organized together and sided with the Union.
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How did Lincoln keep Maryland in the Union?
Definition
Put Maryland under martial law.
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Why did South fight? how? who were the generals?
Definition
Wanted independence. Defensive strategy. Gen. abraham lincoln.
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Why did North fight? how? who were the generals?
Definition
reestablish the Union. Offensive. Winfield Scott.
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What was the Seneca Falls convention?
Definition
Declaration that all men and women were equal.
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What does Suffrage mean?
Definition
The right to vote.
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Who was Susan B. Anthony?
Definition
Was a "powerful organizer" Her father encouraged her to get an education and become a teacher.
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How did Samuel F.B. Morse influence communication?
Definition
Created morse code and worked on a telegraph.
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Who was Fredrick Douglas and Harriet Tubman?
Definition
Influential northeners who fought against slavery
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How did the fugitive slave act affect many Northerners views on slavery?
Definition
Northeners still helped runaway slaves.
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Who was Harriet Beecher Stowe and how did she influence the anti-slavery movement?
Definition
Wrote, "Uncle Tom's Cabin" about an enslaved man. Swayed Northerners against slavery and tortured Southerners against the North.
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Why is it called, "bleeding kansas" ?
Definition
Anti-slavers went through and killed proslavers.
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What did John Brown and his followers do in October of 1859?
Definition
Lead a raid.
Term
Who won presidential election of 1860?
Definition
Lincoln
Term
Who was elected the first President of the United States?
Definition
Jefferson Davis
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Petersburg
Definition
Grant led a siege for 9 months. Lee surrendered.
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