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131 Cards in this Set
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T/F The Civil War was simply based on the injustice of slavery |
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Could the states secede |
What was the central issue that sparked the civil war? |
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States rights view |
What stated that each state was a largely independent entity joined in a voluntary compact of a union |
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High tariffs |
One of the overlooked economic contributions to the war was the north’s favoring of |
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T/F Slavery was an integral Part of southern Culture |
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F (only one-fourth) |
T/F The majority of southerners owned slaves |
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T/F The north and the South tended to have uniform ideas in their sections |
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Population, food production, industry |
In what three areas in resources did the north have a significant advantage? |
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F (South) |
T/F The North had strong military leaders due to years of military traditions and academies |
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Anaconda Plan |
General Winfield’s ultimately successful plan to slowly eliminate the South’s ability to fight was called |
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T/F The South had a more defensive military strategy |
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Virginia |
The contest in the East was largely fought in which state |
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General Irvin McDowell |
Led the Northern attack at the Battle of Bull Run |
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Thomas J. Jackson |
Saved General Beauregard’s troops at the first battle of bull run |
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Confederates |
Who won the First Battle of Bull Run |
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The war wasn’t going to end quickly |
The most significant result of the First Battle of Bull Run was that both sides realized that |
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George B. McClellan |
Lincoln replaced McDowell with |
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Ironclad |
Iron plated warship |
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CSS Merrimack |
The first confederate ironclad ship |
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USS Monitor |
The Unions first ironclad ship |
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J. E. B. Stuart |
Attacked General Pope and stole the federal payroll, battle plans, and popes dress coat at the Second Battle of Bull Run |
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Antietam |
The bloodiest one day battle in American history |
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General Burnside |
Lincoln replaced McClellan with |
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T/F TheNorth had great victory at the village of Fredericksburg under General Burnside |
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Fighting Joe Hooker |
Lincoln turned over command to __________ after removing Burnside |
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Battle of Chancellorsville |
Battle where a large North force was defeated with a southern force with less then half |
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T/F Confederate armies succeeded in the west |
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Battle of Gettysburg |
What was the single bloodiest battle of the civil war |
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Picketts Charge |
Battle led by General George Pickett against a Union position along Cemetery Ridge |
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Gettysburg Address |
Lincoln’s short but eloquent speech after the tragic battle at Gettysburg |
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Winfield Scott |
Who was the first Union General |
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Union |
The North argued that the ________ must be preserved above all else |
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Union |
The North argued that the ________ must be preserved above all else |
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T/F The South believed that the rights and liberties of the states must be preserved above all else |
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T/F Northern opposition to slavery was seen as interference with the core of Southern society |
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T/F Most northerners were fine with slavery where it was but were against its expansion |
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First battle of Bull run |
After which battle did Lincoln call for half a million troops to serve for three years |
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T/F McClellans plan was to capture Richmond from the west |
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F (East) |
T/F McClellans plan was to capture Richmond from the north |
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Neither |
Who won the monitor vs Merrimack battle |
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Antietam |
Lincoln used which battle to announce the emancipation proclamation |
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Battle of Chancellorsville |
Battle where massive Union force led by Joe Hooker was defeated by Lee with a force half the size |
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Battle of Chancellorsville |
Battle where massive Union force led by Joe Hooker was defeated by Lee with a force half the size |
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Battle of Chancellorsville |
Battle where Stonewall Jackson was mortally wounded by his own troops |
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T/F The armies chose to fight at Gettysburg |
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T/F The armies chose to fight at Gettysburg |
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Pickett’s |
What was the last assault in the battle of Gettysburg |
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T/F The armies chose to fight at Gettysburg |
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Pickett’s |
What was the last assault in the battle of Gettysburg |
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West |
Where did the north’s best commanders rise to fame |
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T/F The armies chose to fight at Gettysburg |
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Pickett’s |
What was the last assault in the battle of Gettysburg |
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West |
Where did the north’s best commanders rise to fame |
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Capturing the Mississippi River |
Vital component of the north plan in the west |
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T/F The armies chose to fight at Gettysburg |
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Pickett’s |
What was the last assault in the battle of Gettysburg |
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West |
Where did the north’s best commanders rise to fame |
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Capturing the Mississippi River |
Vital component of the north plan in the west |
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T/F The north had many ironclad ships in the Mississippi River |
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F (two) |
T/F The War in the West only had one significant campaign |
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Fortifications |
The confederacy wanted to maintain the Mississippi River by their |
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Ironclads |
One of the major Union advantages was the many _________ on the Mississippi |
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Ulysses S Grant |
Another union advantage was the presence of their greatest general |
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Fort Donelson |
After capturing ___________ Ulysses S Grant gained his nickname Unconditional Surrender Grant |
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Fort Henry |
Grant easily captured the poorly designed ___________ in February 1862 |
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Fort Henry |
Grant easily captured the poorly designed ___________ in February 1862 |
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General Albert Sidney Johnston |
Led the confederates against Ulysses S Grant at Shiloh |
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Battle of Shiloh |
Where did General Albert Johnston die |
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Union (it was a costly victory though) |
Who won the battle of Shiloh |
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New Orleans |
What was the south’s most important seaport and largest city |
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David Farragut |
Who led the union navy to capture New Orleans |
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Vicksburg |
Important River port that was heavily fortified by the South |
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Ulysses S Grant |
Who led the daring siege of Vicksburg |
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T/F The Kentucky-Tennessee Campaign was just as important as the Mississippi campaign |
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Braxton Bragg |
Confederate General who replaced Albert Johnston |
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T/F Bragg’s Plan was to raise more troops and turn Kentucky to the confederates |
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T/F Braxton bragg’s assault on Kentucky succeeded |
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General Rosencrans |
Who was the Union General who attacked Chickamauga Tennessee |
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General George Thomas |
Saved the disastrous attack against Chicamauga by recovering the retreat |
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Chickamauga |
Major confederate victory in Tennessee |
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Joseph J. Johnston |
Who was the Confederate General Bragg replaced with |
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Union |
Who won the battle of Chattanooga |
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Georgia |
After the battle of Chattanooga what state was open to invasion |
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T/F Lif in the south was far more difficult than in the North |
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T/F Confederate money was heavily inflated |
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T/F Confederate money was heavily inflated |
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Union Blockade |
What was the primary cause of shortages in the south |
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Blockade runners |
Merchant ships who attempted to get supplies to southern ports for enormous profits |
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British accepted the blockade |
Primary reason for the massive drop in southern trade |
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T/F Eventually blockade running became too hazardous to be profitable |
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T/F The north actually hit an economic boom during the civil war |
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Assembling an army |
What was the main challenge for both the north and the south |
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Conscription |
Drafting of men into the army |
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Government officials |
The south resistance to the draft came from |
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Government officials |
The south resistance to the draft came from |
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New York Draft Riots |
Included four days of rioting against officials and African Americans that resulted in 119 people dying |
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Government officials |
The south resistance to the draft came from |
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New York Draft Riots |
Included four days of rioting against officials and African Americans that resulted in 119 people dying |
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T/F In the North Blacks were allowed to fight |
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Missouri Kentucky Maryland Delaware |
What were the border states |
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T/F Missouri, Delaware and Kentucky all eventually joined the union |
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T/F Missouri, Delaware and Kentucky all eventually joined the union |
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June 20, 1863 |
When was West Virginia admitted to the Union |
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T/F Lincoln suspended Habeas Corpus |
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T/F As the war progressed there arose more questions around the union government |
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T/F Congress gave Lincoln war time powers in March 1863 |
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Copperheads |
Southern sympathizers in the north |
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T/F The impact of the war was international |
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Persuading a European power to accept their independence |
What was the main goal of southern diplomacy |
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Trent affair |
What was the capture of two confederate diplomats in a British ship that almost brought Britain into the war called |
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Trent affair |
What was the capture of two confederate diplomats in a British ship that almost brought Britain into the war called |
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Secretary of State Seward |
Who freed the agents and apologized to Britain |
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Trent affair |
What was the capture of two confederate diplomats in a British ship that almost brought Britain into the war called |
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Secretary of State Seward |
Who freed the agents and apologized to Britain |
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Decisive victories |
What was the main factor that kept Britain from joining the south |
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Georgia and North Carolina |
What two states disagreed with conscription so strongly that they released 90% of all exemptions |
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T/F Northern immigrants opposed the war |
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Keep Britain from recognizing the South, Encourage black people to join the war effort and fight for the Union, Give Northerners another reason for fighting in addition to preserving Union, Take the first step toward freeing slaves |
What were the four reasons for the Emancipation Proclamation |
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Wilderness campaign |
Campaign with the costliest and most desperate fights |
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Cold Harbor |
Where Grant made his costliest mistake of the war |
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General William Tecumseh Sherman |
Who commanded the Union troops in Chattanooga after General Grant became commander of all the troops |
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John Wilkes Booth |
Who killed Abraham Lincoln |
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General John B. Hood |
Who replaced Confederate General Johnston in the South |
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General John B Hood |
Who attacked the more numerous Union forces at Atlanta |
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Battle of Atlanta |
At what battle did general Sherman encircle the city until Hood abandoned it on September 3 |
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March to the Sea |
Sherman’s battle plan that waged total war against the south |
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George McClellan |
Who was the Democratic nominee in 1864 |
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Petersburg, Virginia |
Grants 25 mile long siege on the major railroad junction that would separate Richmond from the remainder of the CSA |
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Appotomax Court House, Virginia |
Where did Lee surrender to Grant |
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April 9, 1865 |
What day did Lee surrender |
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Fords Theater |
Where was Abraham Lincoln killed |
