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34 Cards in this Set
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Gold was discovered in California?
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1848
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Compromise of 1850? (3 parts)
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1) California became a free state
2) Utah & N. Mexico became territories with no restrictions on slavery 3) stricter fugitive slave law |
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Uncle Tom's Cabin, Author? Year?
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Harriet Beacher Stowe 1852
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Kansas Nebraska Act, Year? 2 parts?
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1854 1) created the kansas & nebraska territories 2) used popular sovereignty to see if the were free or not
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Name of slave who sued for his freedom?
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Dred Scott
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Dred Scott's master was in the?
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army
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He went all the way to the? When?
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1857 supreme court
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They found him?
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unable to sue because he was property not a citizen
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Election of?
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1860
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Republican? Opinion?
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Lincoln no expansion of slavery
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Northern democrat? opinion?
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steven douglas, popular sovereignty
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southern democrat? opinion?
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John Breckenridge, expansion
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constitutional union? opinion?
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John Bell, compromise (talk about it)
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who won and why?
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Lincoln because the democratic power was split
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First state to secede and when?
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South Carolina, december 20, 1860
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Name of the secedes states?
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Confederate States of America
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President of the Confederates?
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Jefferson Davis
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11 states that seceded?
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Virginia, North Carolina, s. carolina, georgia, florida, Alabama, mississippi, louisiana, texas, arkansas, tennessee
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Where did the war start?
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fort sumpter
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What city?
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Charleston, S. carolina
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when did west virginia become a state?
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1863
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month, day, year, time the war started?
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April 12, 1861
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how long was fort sumpter bombarded?
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33 hrs.
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why did the union surrender?
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fire broke out in the fort
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3 advantages of the south?
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better generals, familiar with the territory, defensive war
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3 advantages of the north?
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population-22 million, manufacturing, railroad
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1st major land battle? when?
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Battle of first manasas, July 21, 1861
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Who got their nickname at 1st manasas?
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stone wall jackson
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Bit the bullet means?
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suck it up
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Regiment is how many?
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1000
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how many died in the civil war?
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630,000
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what did most die of?
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disease, 1 wounded = 2 disease
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dysentery?
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severe diarrhea
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2 famous photographers?
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Mathew Brady, Alexander Gardner
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