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Civil War
Unit 1
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5th Grade
08/30/2016

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FUGITIVE SLAVE LAW
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A SLAVE ON THE RUN HAD TO BE RETURNED TO THE SOUTH.
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ABRAHAM LINCOLN
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HE WAS THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNTIED STATES. HE WAS AGAISNT SLAVERY. HE SIGN THE EMANICIPATION PROCLAMATION. HE WAS KNOWN AS BEING HONEST
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ULYSSES S. GRANT
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FIRST HE WAS THE COMMANDER OF THE UNION DURING THE CIVIL WAR. HE WAS AGAINST SLAVERY. HE WAS KNOWN FOR BEING KIND OT THE CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS; HE GAVE THEM FOOD AND SHELTER. HE BECAME THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES IN 1868 (WHEN LINCOLN WAS KILLED).
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WILLIAM SHERMAN
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HE WAS A UNION GENERAL IN THE CIVIL WAR. HE WAS AGAINST SLAVERY. HE LED THE ATLANTA CAMPAIGN ANS THE MARCH TO THE SEA
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JEFFERSON DAVIS
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HE WAS THE PRESIDENT OF THE CONFEDERATE STATES. HE WAS FOR SLAVERY. HE WAS ALSO KNOWN FOR TRYING TO ESCAPE PUNISHMENT, BUT HE WAS CAUGHT AND SENT TO PRISON.
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ROBERT LEE
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HE WAS THE COMMANDER OF THE CONFEDERATE ARMY. HE WAS NOT FOR OR AGAINST SLAVERY; HE BELIEVED THAT GOD WOULD END IT. HE SURRENDERED TO GRANT IN 1865.
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THOMAS "STONEWALL" JACKSON
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HE FOUGHT FOR THE CONFEDERACY. HE HAD NOT DECIDED HIS VIEW ON SLAVERY.HE WAS KNOWN FOR BEING ACCIDENTLY SHOT BY ONE OF HIS OWN MEN.
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JOHN BROWN'S RAID
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ABOLISHSIONIST DECIDED TO FIGHT ON THIS OWN. HE ATTACKED AS US POST BUT WAS CAPTURED AND HUNG
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BATTLE OF FORT SUMNER
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THIS BATTLE TOOK PLACE IN SOUTH CAROLINA.THE BEGINING OF THE CIVIL WAR WHEN THE CONDEFERATES FIRED THE FIRST SHOT.THE CONFEDERATE WON THE BATTLE
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BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG
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THIS BATTLE WAS A MAJOR TURNING POINT IN THE WAR. IT TOOK PLACE IN PENSYLVANIA. IT WAS DEADLIEST BATTLE INTHE CIVIL WAR.
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ATLANTA CAMPAIGN
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IN 1864 SHERMAN DESTROYED ALL OF THE CONFEDERATE'S RESOURCES. HE DESTROYED EVERYTHING FROM HORSES, COWS, AMD RR'S FROM ATLANTA TO SAVANNAH. THIS LED TO A BREAKOUT OF TOTAL WAR. THE UNTION WON THIS BATTLE
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WHAT WAS THE MAJOR TURNING POINT I NTHE CIVIL WAR?
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THE BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG
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WHAT WAS THE OFFICIAL BEGINNING OF THE CIVIL WAR?
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IT WAS THE BATTLE AT FORT SUMMER
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WHAT IS THE IMPORTANCE OF SLAVERY TO THE SOUTH?
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IMPORTANCE OF TARIFFS TO THE NORTH
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ABOLOSHINMENT MOVEMENT
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UNCLE TOM'S CABIN
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IT IS AN ANTI-SLAVERY BOOK THAT LAID THE GROUND WORK FOR THE CIVIL WAR.
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OUTCOME OF THE CIVIL WAR
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THE CONFEDERACY SURRENDERS AND THE UNION WINS
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