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25 Cards in this Set
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Crittenden Compromise
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made to preserve the union by Senator J. Crittenden of Kentucky, plan called for the old Missouri Compromise line to be drawn west throughout the remaining territories, north of the line, slavery would be illegal; south of the line, slavery could expand
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Robert E. Lee
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among the ablest of southern military leaders, excellent Military leadership for the south
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Joseph E. Johnston
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General for Confederates, led the confederacy in the First battle of Bull Run
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The First Battle of Bull Run
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First battle of civil war, at first battle was in unions favor, but Stonewall Jackson stopped the Union Assault, Southerns come out victorious
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General "Stonewall" Jackson
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Confederate General, defeated Union Troops in the First Battle of Bull Run, Nickname pretty much describes him...
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Anaconda Plan
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Naval Blockade designed by Lincoln and is Military advisers, named this because it was designed to slowly squeeze the life out of the South like an anaconda snake
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Mary Boykin Chestnut
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wrote a diary that provides a glimpse of life on the homeland during the war, tried to publish her diary, but it wasn't done until after her death in 1905
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Elizabeth Blackwell
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the first women to become a professionally licensed doctor in the U.S. Helped run the U.S. Sanitary Commission
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U.S. Sanitary Commission
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The commission battled the disease and infections that killed twice as many soldiers as bullets alone.
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Clara Barton
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Served in the Union Army as a nurse, cared for the wounded on the battle field. Founded the American Red Cross after the war
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Sally Louisa Tompkins
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Among Confederate women who founded small hospitals and clinics, eventually became a captain in the Confederate army so that her hospital could qualify as a military hospital, this made her the only recognized female officer in the Confederate forces
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Conscription
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draft
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Copperheads
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A type of poisonous snake, Northern Democrats who sympathized with southerners were called this, most limited their antiwar activities to writing in newspapers and making speeches
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Ulysses S. Grant
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very successful general, determined military leader, Union
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Battle of Shiloh
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After a day of fighting, the southerners were convinced they had the battle won, and went to bed Union forces attacked while they were sleeping, catching them off guard. The North was victorious
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David Farragut
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Commanded union ships at New Orleans
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George B. McClellan
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General, Lincoln ordered him to return ti Virginia in the spring of 1862, trained his troops well, strategy to take Virginia became known as the Peninsula Campaign, Lincoln removed him after all of his hesitating
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James B. "Jeb" Stuart
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Lee sent him to gather information on enemy positionsm using his information the combined forces of Lee and Stonewall attacked the Union army in the seven day's battle
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Emancipation Proclamation
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all slaves living in areas still rebelling against the U.S. would be free, applied only to confederate states.
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Battle of Antietam
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the bloodiest single-day battle in all of U.S. history. confederate suffered more than 13,000 casualties, Union more that 12,000
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54th Massachusetts Infantry
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All black infantry led by white officers, earned honored place in U.S. military history, "Glory" Led the attack on Fort Wagner
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Ambrose E. Burnside
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Replaced General McClellan
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Battle of Gettysburg
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Pickett's Charge, Union casualties numbered more than 23,000 and confederate casualties more than 28,000, Union one, but didn't end the War
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Pickett's Charge
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Commanded by George Pickett to rush the union center on Cemetery Ridge. Less than half of the confederate soldiers reached the top, many of those were killed.
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Gettysburg Address
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President Lincoln helped dedicate a cemetery at the Gettysburg battle field, he only spoke for a few minutes, but it remains a classic statement of democratic ideals
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