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| Parts of the Union's strategic plan for the Civil War |
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| 1. blockade the Southern coastline 2. capture the Confederate capital (Richmond, VA) 3. divide the South by controlling the Mississippi River |
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| Result of The First Battle of Bull Run |
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| Confederate victory; the Confederacy became certain that it could be victorious[image] |
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| State that was newly created during the Civil War |
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| West Virginia [It separated from Virginia in 1861.][image] |
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| What was Lincoln's main concern in the Civil War? |
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| to preserve the Union (to keep the Confederate states from leaving the Union; to keep the United States whole) |
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| Which states were the slave states that REMAINED in the Union? |
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| Maryland, Delaware, Missouri & Kentucky. They were the "border states". |
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| Lincoln wanted the Union's blockade of Southern ports to ________. |
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| weaken the South's economy by cutting off its supply source |
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| Why was the Union's victory at Vicksburg important? |
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| It gave the Union control of the Mississippi River and cut Confederate supply lines |
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| The Battle of Gettysburg was important because____. |
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| the South would never again be able to launch a major offensive in the North. |
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| The Emancipation Proclamation |
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| Announced that all slaves belonging to people in rebellion (people of the Confederacy) were freed |
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| One of Lincoln's biggest problems in the war was to ___________. |
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| find a general who could lead the Union's war strategy |
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| Some said the Civil War was "a rich man's war, but a poor man's fight." What did this mean? |
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| rich men could hire substitutes to serve in their place |
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| He was from Virginia. In fact, he did NOT support slavery or secession. Lincoln even offered him command of the UNION forces. However, he decided to fight on the Confederate side, saying that he could not fight against his fellow Virginians. He became commander of the CONFEDERATE troops.
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| Which amendment outlawed slavery in the U.S.? |
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| General Pickett (of the Confederacy) led a famous charge up Cemetery Ridge at the Battle of ______________. |
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| At the Battle of Gettysburg, Confederate General Lee ordered Confederate General George Pickett to mount a direct attack on the middle of the Union line. 13,000 Confederate troops charged up Cemetery Ridge into heavy Union fire and were defeated. This was a Confederate disaster.
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| Why did President Lincoln deliver a speech at Gettysburg? |
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| He wanted to honor the dead soldiers who were buried at the battlefield cemetery.[image] |
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| When the Confederacy printed over a billion dollars worth of paper money without any gold or silver to back it up, it caused __________. |
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| Northerners who called for an end to fighting and peace at any price were called ___________. |
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| After his victory in Atlanta, what was the purpose of General Sherman's march? |
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| He destroyed everything to break the civilian morale, to force the South's surrender.
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| Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse |
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| Confederate General Lee surrendered to Union General Grant. This ended the Civil War. Grant allowed Southern soldiers to keep their supplies and go home.
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| Where was Lincoln assassinated? |
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| He was shot while attending theater shortly after the end of the Civil War.
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| What was a new type of military technology during the Civil War? |
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| What event triggered the fighting between the North and the South? |
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| Southerners fired on Fort Sumter
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| What advance in technology made the Civil War much deadlier than other American wars? |
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| What was one Northern strategy for winning the Civil War? |
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| to cut off the South's imports and exports with a naval blockade
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| What advantage did the North have over the South? |
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| superior railway system
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| What advantage did the South have over the North in the Civil War? |
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| a long military tradition and fighting a defensive war on their own land
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| Why was the North's capture of the city of New Orleans a serious blow to the South? |
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| Union forces now controlled the entire Mississippi River.
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| Why did Southerners refer to their cotton crop as "King Cotton"? |
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| It was a very important crop in the world market.
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| Which Civil War battle was the bloodiest battle of the war and one in which neither side gained any ground? |
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| Where were most of the Civil War battles fought? |
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| What strategy did the South have for winning the Civil War? |
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| attack Washington, D.C., and win a quick victory |
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| Things that are true about Civil War soldiers: |
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| 1. both sides actively recruited African-American soldiers 2. farmers made up the largest group among Civil War soldiers 3. immigrants helped to fill the confederate armies |
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| What was the 54th Regiment? |
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| One of the first African-American regiments organized in the North
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| What was meant by the Union General William T. Sherman's "Total War"? |
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| total war meant that he waged war against anything that could support the enemy army; his troops tore up rail lines, destroyed crops, and burned and looted towns |
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| Lee surrendered to Grant at Appomattox Courthouse because ______________ |
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| Grant's troops had captured Richmond, the South's capital
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| Sherman's march through Georgia in 1864 involved the capture of which two cities? |
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| The role of women in the Civil War |
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Women 1. took men's places in offices and factories 2. ran farms & plantations 3. spied on the enemy
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| What was the name of one of the prison camps in the South? |
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| The Union captured Richmond after the Battle of _____________ |
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| President of the Confederacy |
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| Great general who led the Confederate troops |
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| General who cut a path of destruction through the South |
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| General William T. Sherman |
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| Accidentally shot by his own men at Chancellorsville |
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| Stonewall Jackson
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| Union general who was fired because he was too slow and cautious |
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| Great Union general who finally led the North to victory |
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| Naval admiral who captured New Orleans |
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| Person who assassinated Abraham Lincoln |
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| John Wilkes Booth
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| Southern leader who commanded the forces at Shiloh |
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| Pierre Beauregard
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