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Civil War
Civil War with NC details
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8th Grade
03/04/2011

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border states
Definition
slave states that did not secede
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Battle of Vicksburg
Definition
turning point of the war because The Union gained control of the Mississippi River and split the South in two, preventing them from getting supplies
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Gettysburg Address
Definition
famous speech by Lincoln dedicating the battlefield as a national cemetary
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First Battle of Bull Run (Manassas)
Definition
made it clear that the war would not end quickly
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Gen. Sherman's march to the sea
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burned & looted farms, ripped up railroads, cut telegraph wires in hopes that the 'total war' destruction would convince Confederate citizens to give up
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Emancipation Proclamation
Definition
freed slaves in states that were in rebellion (Confederate states)and made the slavery issue a purpose for the war.
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blockade runners
Definition
a strategy used by NC to get goods and supplies from other countries
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a major importance of NC to the Confederacy
Definition
NC contributed more soldiers than any other state
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Battle of Fort Sumter
Definition
start of of the Civil War
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First state to secede from the Union
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South Carolina
Term
Founder of the American Red Cross
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Clara Barton
Term
assassinated Lincoln
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John Wilkes Booth
Term
site of Lee's surrender to Grant
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Appomattox Court House
Term
President of the Confederate States
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Jefferson Davis
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What was the purpose of the Anaconda Plan?
Definition
to prevent the South from exporting cotton and importing supplies by setting up a blockade of Southern ports and taking control of the Missippi River
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What was the significance of the Battle of Antietam?
Definition
It was the first major battle on Northern soil and was the bloodiest single-day battle.
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What caused South Carolina to be the first state to secede?
Definition
Abraham Lincoln was elected president
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Why did Gov. Vance feel that the Confederacy did not adequately support NC?
Definition
NC was the last state to secede and Vance had been a former Unionist
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