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22 Cards in this Set
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Martial Law |
military placed in charge and rights of citizens are suspended. |
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Ironclad |
warships covered in protective iron plates |
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Desertion |
the act of illegally leaving the armed forces |
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The Draft |
a system that requires military service |
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Inflation |
general rise in prices |
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Income Tax |
tax on the money people receive |
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Stonewall Jackson |
Confederate general who got his nickname for being strong (like a wall) (Hence the name “Stonewall” Jackson) |
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Treaty of Appomattox |
Leave now in peace and surrender weapons. |
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Basic Understanding of Border State? Why were they important? |
Border states were slave states that did not secede. All but Delaware were important to the southern states. |
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Who was Robert E. Lee? How was he important to the South? |
+ general in the civil war + originally in the Union army--then switched sides to the South + important to the south because he helped them in the war with the Union |
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Union Plan to win the war? |
+ Lincoln planned a naval blockade of southern ports---blockade: military action to prevent traffic from coming into area or leaving it + called the “Anaconda Plan” + main key---gain control of the Mississippi River. |
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Confederate Plan to win the war? |
+ hold off until the north was tired of fighting + [South] hoped that Britain's need for cotton and textiles (clothing) would support them financially. |
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What impact did new technology have on the war? |
Rifles and cannons were far more accurate and had greater range than other muskets and artillery. |
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Describe some of Ulysses S. Grant’s successes in the West over the Confederacy. (Mention Mississippi River, Vicksburg) |
+ Union forces gained control of the Mississippi in 1862. + Grant moved south from Kentucky to capture two Confederate forts. -- Henry and Donelson. + General Grant attempted to win at Vicksburg using a siege. + Siege: is when an army surrounds a location hoping pressure surrender by cutting it off from incoming supplies and aid. |
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Describe the roles African American Slaves (freed and not freed) played in the Civil War. |
+ 189,000 African Americans served in the American Army or Navy. + More than half were freed slaves If captured, most slaves were held as prisoners of war or returned to slavery. + supported the Union Army: as cooks, medical care, or wagon drivers. |
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What was the response to large-scale desertion on both sides of the war? |
+ The draft---created so people would NEED to go into the war, unless they were rich and could buy themselves out of it. + Because of this, some people called the war “The poor man’s battle”. |
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Describe the role of women in the Civil War. |
+ At least 400 women disguised themselves as men and fought for either of the sides + most just worked for their businesses, plantations, and farms while the husbands were away. |
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Describe the general results of the Battles of Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville. |
+ The Union Army was crushed at Chancellorsville to an Army half the size. (Confederacy won at Chancellorsville) + In Fredericksburg, Burnside ordered attack after attack. Union lost 13k. Confederacy lost 5k. |
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Describe the events of the Battle of Gettysburg. How was Pickett’s Charge significant? |
Day One: They encountered some Union troops, shots were fired, Confederates had pushed the Union out of Gettysburg. Day 2: fought at Cemetery and Seminary Ridge. Day 3: Lee ordered an all out attack on Meade’s center line. General Pickett led 15k men across nearly mile long open field toward Union line, but only couple hundred made it. About 7500 men were killed or wounded in what is now known at Pickett’s Charge. |
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Understand the significance of the Fall of Vicksburg. |
+ Vicksburg was the last city held by Confederacy on the Mississippi River, before they lost the battle. + The Confederates then had to resort to eating rats and mule because they had no other food. |
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Understand the purpose of the March to the Sea. |
+ Sherman marched eastward toward Atlantic Ocean. + On the way, they burned buildings, seized crops and livestock, and lifted railroad tracks. |
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What were the conditions of the treaty of Appomattox? |
+ April 2, Richmond was in Union hands. + April 9, Lee surrendered at Appomattox. Confederates were offered generous terms. “Leave now in peace and surrender weapons.” |
