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22 Cards in this Set
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a federal outpost in Charleston, South Carolina, that was attacked by Confederate troops, beginning the Civil War
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Fort Sumter
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slave states that lay between the North and the South and did not join the Confederacy during the Civil War- Delaware, Kentucky, Maryland, and Missouri
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border states
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the idea that Great Britain would support the Confederacy because it need the South's raw cotton to supply its booming textile industry
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cotton diplomacy
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the first major battle of the Civil War, resulting in a Confederate victory and showed that the Civil War would not be won easily; also know as the first Battle of Manassas
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First Battle of Bull Run
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a series of Civil War battles in which the Confederate army successes forced the army to retreat from Richmond, Virginia
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Seven Days' Battle
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a Union victory in the Civil War that marked the bloodiest single-day battle in U.S. military history
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Battle of Antietam
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ships heavily armored with iron
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ironclads
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a Civil War battle in Tennessee in which the Union army gained greater control over the Mississippi River Valley
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Battle of Shiloh
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the Union army's six week blockade of Vicksburg that led the city to surrender during the Civil War
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Siege of Vicksburg
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freeing of slaves
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emancipation
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an order issued by President Abraham Lincoln freeing the slaves in areas of rebelling against the Union
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Emancipation Proclamation
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escaped slaves
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contrabands
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African American Civil War regiment that captured Fort Wagner in South Carolina
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54th Massachusetts Infantry
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midwesterners that sympathized with the South and opposed abolition
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copperheads
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a constitutional protection against unlawful imprisonment
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habeas corpus
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a key battle that finally turned the tide against the Confederates, turning point in the war
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Battle of Gettysburg
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a failed Confederate attack during the Civil war at the Battle of Gettysburg
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Pickett's Charge
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a speech given by Abraham Lincoln in which he praised the bravery of Union soldiers and renewed his commitment to winning the Civil War
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Gettysburg Address
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a series of battles, led by Union troops, designed to capture the Confederate capital at Richmond, Virginia
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Wilderness Campaign
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destroying civilian an economic resources
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total war
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Virginia town where General Robert E. Lee was forced to surrender, thus ending the Civil War
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Appomattox Courthouse
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a Civil War battle in which the Confederate army forced most of the Union army out of Virginia
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Second Battle of Bull Run
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