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8th Grade
04/18/2013

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a person who believed in the abolishment or abolition of negro slavery
Definition
abolitionist
Term
large powerful weapons such as cannon and mortars
Definition
artillery
Term
the murder of a prominent person such as president lincoln
Definition
assassination
Term
unit of 4 or 6 cannons or a fortified position on which they are placed
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battery
Term
large scale combat between 2 armed forced
Definition
battle
Term
the closing off using naval forces of a city or other area to traffic and communication
Definition
blockade
Term
slave owning states that did not secede from the union Delaware Kentucky maryland and missouri
Definition
border states
Term
a leather box in which the soldier carried his rounds or bullets
Definition
cartridge box
Term
a person killed wounded or captured or missing during the war
Definition
casualty
Term
soldiers mounted on horseback fighting as a unit
Definition
cavalry
Term
Who is elected president of US in november 1860
Definition
Abraham lincoln
Term
Name the 11 states that left the union
Definition
Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas, Tennessee, Georgia, Florida, South Carolina, North Carolina, and Virgina.
Term
What is the name for the Confederates?
Definition
Confederacy or CSA
Term
Who is CSA president.
Where was the CSA capital originally then moved to where?
Definition
Jefferson Davis
Montgomery Alabama
Richmond Virginia
Term
Lincoln had no intention of doing this
Definition
Slavery
Term
How long did the battle of Fort Sumter last?
Who commanded Fort Sumter?
Who did the commander surrender to?
Definition
34 hours
Robert Anderson
PGT Beauregard
Term
How many volunteers did lincoln call for?
What are the border states?
Definition
75 thousand
Missouri Kentucky
Maryland Delaware
Term
What is Robert E Lee's opinion of slavery
Definition
He opposes slavery
Term
What riot killed had civilian deaths?
How many civilians and soldiers die?
Definition
Baltimore riot
11 civilians and 4 soldiers
Term
How far is the CSA capital from washington DC
How far is the battle of bull run from DC?
Definition
105 miles away
30 miles
Term
Who did Abraham replace General ___ with General ___ ?
Definition
General George McClellan replaced Winfield Scott
Term
Who did the CSA try to ALLY with
Definition
England and France
Term
What are the 3 phases of Antietam?
Definition
Cornfield Bloody Lane Burnside Bridge
Term
What is the bloodies battle in US history
Definition
Shiloh because of peach orchard
Term
Congress passed the _____ permiting citizens over ___ to own a free plot of ___ on land in public domain. If they would ____ and ___ over ___ years
Definition
Homestead ACT
over 21
160 acres Occupy and improve it over 5 years
Term
___ Indians killed ____ settlers About ___ Indians were hung
Definition
Sioux 800
300 hung
Term
____ Union disaster General ___ replaced with General ____
Definition
Fredericksburg General Burnside was replaced by Joseph Hooker
Term
How many soldiers did CSA have during battle of Antietam? Union?
Who were the leaders of the war?
Definition
CSA had 38k
Union 75k
Robert E Lee
McClellan
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