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fort sumter
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begin.place of civil war,held by S.at SC.attack and capture united most of N.to fight to save union
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anaconda plan
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by gen.chief winifield scott.use navy to block S.ports & cut essential supplies
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robert E lee
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confed gen.commander of S's E forces
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george McClellan
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commander of union army in E.insisted in long training/discipline for troops before going to war.replaced due to slowness
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border states
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slaves STs that joined union-DE,MA,MI,KT.due to union sentiment & result of fed policies.military goal of lincoln
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jeff davis
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pres.tried to ^ exectv.pwr during war but S.gvrnrs resisted attempts at centralization.
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alex. h stephens
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VP.urged secession of GA in response to despotic actions of confed.gvmnt
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bull run
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1st major battle.S.under stonewall jackson sent 30,000 union troops to flight.
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thomas(stonewall)jackson
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confed.general
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winifield scott
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union gen.in chief,vet of mex.&war 1812.devised plan to win long war
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antietam
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union intercepted invading confed.army.22,000 men injured or killed
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fredericksburg
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in VA.army under gen.Burnside attacked lee's troops recklessly & sufferd 12,000 dead/woun to 5,000 dead in confed.
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monitor vs.merrimac
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union navy ship v.confed nvayship.battle ended in draw.revolutionized naval warfare
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ulysses S grant
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west point grad.union gen.after unsuccessful civilian career.
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shiloh
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in TN,where confed gen.albert johnston surprised Grant,but union army held ground & forced confed to retreat
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david farragut
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led union navy to capture N orleans
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trent affair
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Br.threat to declare war for 2 confed.dplmts captured by union from Br.steamer 'Trent'.
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laird rams
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confed.arranged to buy laird rams(ships w/iron rams) to use against N.naval blockade
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confiscation acts
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1st-pwr to seize enemy prprty for war against U.S. 2nd-free slaves of person rebelling against U.S nd gave pres.pwr to use slaves in union army.
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emancipation proclamation 1863
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policy to free all slaves,"military need".no free slaves in border states. commit.U.S gvmnt to abolition,^ slaves to union army
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13th ammendmnt
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ammndnt to legitimize E.P in border states.abolished slavery completely
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gettysburg
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in E.one of turning pnts in war. gen.Lee led surprise on union.bloodiest battle.destroyed most of confed.
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vicksburg
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in the W.one of turning points in the war for union.union artillery,under grant, bombarded for weeks,finally confed.surrendered
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sherman's march
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led 10k men across GA to SC adn burned EVERYthing in path.broke confed.will to fight
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election 1864
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dem.George mcclellan,rep.(unionists)lincoln/andrew johnson. mcClellan won
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appomattox crt house
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place where lee surrendered to Grant,grant let lee's men to return home w/horses
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ex parte milligan
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spreme crt case,ruled gvmnt acted improper to force certain civilians to military trial,used only when reg.civil crts unavailable
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morril tariff act(1861
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^ tariff rates to ^ $ and protect am.manafactrs.
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homestead act 1862
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promoted sttlmnt of Grt plains by offer 160 acres free to anyone who would farm it for at least 5 yrs
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morill land grant act
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encouraged ST'sto use sale of fed.land gratns to maintain agri. and tech colleges
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pacific railway act
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authorized building of trans.continet railroad over N.route to link $'s of CA & W.trrtys w/E ST's
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2nd am.revolution
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womens' labors ^,new jobs as nurses. slaves were now free,which changed S.$,led to U.S. ^ commercial & industry.
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