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36 Cards in this Set
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young school teacher from Massachusetts who invented the cotton gin |
Eli Whitney |
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What is a cotton gin? |
a machine which removed the seeds quickly and greatly increased the speed of harvesting cotton |
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What was a valuable crop to the South? |
cotton |
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secret network that helped slaves from the South escape |
Underground Railroad |
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people who helped the slaves escape using the Underground Railroad |
conductors |
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hiding places for the slaves in the Underground railroad |
stations |
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One of the most famous escaped slaves from Maryland |
Harriet Tubman |
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a decision that tries to satisfy both sides of an argument |
compromise |
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the name of the people who worked to worked to free slaves |
abolitionists |
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The 16th President of the United States |
Abraham Lincoln |
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What did Lincoln believe about slavery |
he opposed slavery and hoped to see it die out |
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What States were included in the South |
South Carolina, Louisiana, Texas, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia |
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The South formed their own nation. What was it called? |
Confederate States of America |
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Who was elected President of the Confederate States of America? |
Jefferson Davis |
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When did the war begin? |
When Confederate forces fired on Fort Sumter |
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Who won the first battle of the Civil War? |
Confederates |
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an outspoken and active opponent of slavery and he helped Lincoln recruit blacks for the war |
Frederick Douglas |
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What was the North called during the Civil War? |
Union |
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What was the nickname for the Union? What color was their uniforms? |
Yankees, Blue |
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What was the South called during the Civil War? |
Confederate |
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What color was the Confederate uniform? |
gray |
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How many states were with the Confederate? How many with the Union? |
11 states. 22 states |
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What did Lincoln due to stop the South from trading with Europe? |
He sent Union ships to block all major seaports |
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a shop made out of iron and steel |
ironclad ships |
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The Confederate ship? |
Memimac |
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The Union ship? |
Monitor |
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announcement that all slaves would be considered free in any states that were fighting against the North |
Emancipation Proclamation |
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What did the 13 Amendment do? |
gave all slaves in the U.S. and her territories their freedom |
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Black courageous Union soldier that rescued the "Stars and Stripes" during Battle of Fort Wagner |
William Harvey Carney |
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leader of the Union army |
Ulysses S. Grant |
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head of Confederate army |
Robert E Lee |
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Lincoln's most valuable general |
Ulysses S. Grant |
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What was Grant known as? |
"Unconditional Surrender" Grant |
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one of the greatest military heroes of the Civil War and one of the greatest general of all time? What was his nickname? |
Jackson. Stonewall Jackson |
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first battle of the Civil War |
Fort Sumter |
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What battle earned Jackson his nickname? |
Battle of Bull Run |