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37 Cards in this Set
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border states
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delaware, kentucky, maryland, missouri, west virginia
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anaconda plan
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union's plan to blockade southern ports
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profiteers
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people that sell weapons or goods to war parties, ie. simon cameron
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trent affair
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USS's san jacinto led by Wilkes intercepted the brit mail ship Trent, 2 diplomats mason and slidell were removed
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edwin m. stanton
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secretary of war, opposed lincoln, advisor then replacer of Simon Cameron, suspected of treason.
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jefferson davis
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Confederate president, capture, tried and stripped of power in 1865
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Ft. Sumter
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last union fort in south, lincoln sent it provisions, south were threatened, attacked it, lincoln got support from the border states
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first bull run
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1st major battle of the civil war
Union McDowell fought confed PGT union launched a failed surprise attack but won |
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"Stonewall" Jackson
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Confederate general
norther Virginia army under Lee his death was a major setback to Confeds |
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Robert E. Lee
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Confederate leader that only fought to defend his home state West Virginia
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Antietam
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Confed Lee versus Union McClellan, the union stopped the confed N invasion
lincoln could issue the Emancipation Proclamation |
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Emancipation proclamation
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freed slaves, applied to 10 states, issued by Lincoln
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Chancellorsville
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Union Robert Hooker fought Confed Lee, Confeds won but Stonewall Jackson died, a major setback
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Gettsyburg
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most deaths
Lee's invasion of the N ended turning pt in the war |
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Picket's charge
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Confed Lee vs. George Meade's Union
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the peach orchard
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Kershew vs. Graham
S. Carolinans subject to infantry They fell for a false command which killed them |
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Cemetary Ridge
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a feature in Gettysburg that formed a defensive position for the Union army
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Little Round Top
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Confeds led an unesecary assault against union, union defended seuccessfully
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Gettsyburg Address
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by Lincoln after the battle of gettsyburg
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Vicksburg
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Ulysses S. Grant won against Pemberton's Confeds in the confed fort
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Ulysses S. Grant
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Union colonel
captured Ft Henry and Ft. Donelson Won at Vicksburg |
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Sherman's March to the Sea
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(The Savannah Campaign) Georgia
William Tecumseh Sherman (union) captured the port of Savannah |
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Scorched Earth Policy
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burning and destroying what's left behind that could be useful to the opposing side
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Election of 1864
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Lincoln was re-elected
ran against McClellan soldiers were allowed to vote on the field |
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George McClellan
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Union general, organized Potamac Army
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Farragut
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Us Navy flag officer
defeated Vicksburg |
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Philip Sheridan
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Union gen and US army officer
led potamac cavalry against Confeds at Shanendoah used scorched earth policy |
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Richmond, VA
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McClellan won vs. Stonewall Jackson
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Appotomax Courthouse
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Gen. Grant captured Richmond, cornered Lee
ENDED CIVIL WAR |
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John Wilkes Booth
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killed Lincoln
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10% Plan
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10% of population must make a loyalty oath to the union to be allowed back into the union
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Radical Republicans
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Congressional COmmitee
resented presidential power expansion |
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Andrew Johnson
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replaced the assassinated Lincoln
Democrat |
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George Meade
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replaced gen Hooker after Chancellorsville
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Salmon P. Chase
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led critics in Lincoln's party, secretary of Treasury
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13th Amendment
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officially freed slaves
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copperheads
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radical peace democrats
Vallandigham |
