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| Why did the Southern states secede from the Union? |
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| Differences over slavery, states' rights, and in their ways of life caused such severe problems that eleven Southern States voted to leave the Union and create a country of their own. |
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| Why was the nation in trouble in 1861 |
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| Eleven Southern states seceded and a Southern force fired on Fort Sumter, thus starting the Civil War. |
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| How did questions about the rights of the states cause the Civil War? |
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| Differences over the rights of the states and the power of the central government caused 11 Southern states to secede from the Union. |
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| How did different ways of life in the North and in the South cause the Civil War? |
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| The rise of industrialism with a paid work force in the North clashed with the plantation economy dependent on slave labor in the South. |
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| Why did the Northern soldiers fight? |
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| To preserve the Union, secure democracy, and later in the war to end slavery. |
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| Why did the Southern soldiers fight? |
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| For independence, protection of their property and way of life, and the survival of their new nation. |
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| Who said, "The camera is the eye of history?" |
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| What series of photographs shocked people? |
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| The photographs of the dead at Antietam. |
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| Why are there no live action photographs of Civil War battles? |
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| The object being photographed and the camera had to remain absolutely still for at least 30 seconds to capture the image on a glass plate. |
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| Who is considered to be the first photojournalist? |
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| Alexander Gardner with his series of the dead at Antietam. |
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| Why is it helpful to use photographs to study history? |
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| Photographs provide visual information that the written word does not. |
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| What does a photojournalist do? |
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| Report the news or tell a story by taking pictures. |
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| How did a general earn his famous nickname at the battle of Manassas (Bull Run)? |
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| General Jackson and his men stood steady as a stone wall against the Northern Soldiers. |
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| What battle is known as the Great Skedaddle? |
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| What did Jackson tell his troops to do to scare away the Union forces at Manassas (Bull Run)? |
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| How did the Civil War begin? |
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| Southern troops fired on federal troops causing the surrender of Fort Sumter. |
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| Who won the battle of Manassas (Bull Run)? |
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| The Confederates (the South) |
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| What happened to Sullivan Ballou after he wrote a letter to his wife? |
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| He was killed at the battle of Manassas (Bull Run). |
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| Why do some Civil War battles have two names? |
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| The South often named battles after the nearest community, and the North named them for the nearest body of water. |
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| What is another name for General Thomas Jackson? |
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| What is the name of the Northern group who wanted to end slavery immediately? |
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| What is another name for the Northern Yankees? |
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| Union, Federals, or the Blue |
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| What is another name for the Southern Rebels? |
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| Confederates, Secesh, or the Gray |
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| What is the name of the Southern battle cry? |
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| When did slavery begin in the United States? |
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| Soon after Dutch traders brought a boat load of Africans to Jamestown as indentured servants in 1619 |
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| Why was the South convinced that the end of slavery would be the end of their way of life? |
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| Plantation owners needed cheap slave labor to make money from cash crops. |
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| Why did slavery die out in the Northern states? |
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| Farms were small so the family could do the work to raise food crops, and the growing industries used cheap immigrant labor. |
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| What was the connection between the western lands and slavery? |
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| The South wanted to extend slavery into the western territories to work large plantations, but the North with its growing antislavery sentiment wanted no new slave states. |
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| Why was slavery at odds with the Declaration of Independence? |
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| The Declaration of Independence states "that all men are created equal" and have the right to "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness" whereas slavery creates inequality and denies those rights to persons. |
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| What invention revived slavery in the South in 1793? |
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| The cotton gin, invented by Eli Whitney, provided an easy way to remove the seeds from cotton, making cotton a profitable crop. |
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| war or struggle; a clash of viewpoints |
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| a settlement of differences in which each side gives up some demands or make sacrifices in order to reach an agreement |
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| working together with others to reach a common goal |
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| a war between groups inside a nation |
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| to resist the authority of one’s government |
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| name for a Southern Confederate |
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| another name for the United States of America, used especially during the Civil War |
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| a name for the United States of America, used especially during the Civil War |
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| a name that many Southerners used for slavery |
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| characteristic of or belonging exclusively to |
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| not free, in bondage, owned by another |
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| importing and selling slaves; after 1808, the slave trade became illegal in the United States |
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| strong state governments, weak federal (central) government |
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| strong federal (central) government, weak state governments |
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| person who wants to immediately end slavery |
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| As part of the Compromise of 1850, the law required the Federal government to send out agents to help slave owners capture runaways who had escaped to the free states. It forced citizens to return runaway slaves or face criminal charges and meant that runaways were no longer safe when they reached the North. |
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| a person who comes to another country to live |
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| an area linked by similar characteristics |
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| an oral or written account by a person who was present at an event |
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| a document created by those who participated in or witnessed a past event |
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| vice president of the United States in 1830; defined the doctrine of states’ rights; resigned as vice president over this issue |
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| president of the United States in 1830; supporter of a strong Union |
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| presidential candidate who represented the new Republican party in 1860, which advocated no expansion of slavery in the western territories. |
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| Famous battle cry of the Southern troops |
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| Massing soldiers in long lines to concentrate fire across a short distance at enemy troops |
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| Image made by exposing a negative to a surface that is sensitive to light |
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| Using photographs to report news |
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| Reporters who use photographs to tell a news story |
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| Information that can be proven actual or true through evidence |
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| A conclusion based on an interpretation of facts |
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| A belief or judgment formed after careful study |
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| A small island fort in the harbor at Charleston, South Carolina, where the Civil War began when Southern troops fired on and captured the fort. |
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| The first major battle of the Civil War, a Confederate victory |
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| Battle site; the bloodiest day of the Civil War |
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| The largest battle of the war, considered the turning point of the war |
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| Confederate general who held the Southern battle line at Manassas, and was forever after known as “Stonewall” Jackson |
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| First photojournalist to take images of the war dead |
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