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23 Cards in this Set
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This person received his nickname at the Battle of Bull Run in which he and his troops were said to have stood like a "stone wall."
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Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson.
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This was the Commander-in-Chief of the Union Army.
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Ulysses S. Grant
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This person attempted to capture the United States Armory (arsenal) at Harper's Ferry.
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John Brown
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This person led a revolt against plantation owners in Southampton County, Virginia.
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Nat Turner
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This law made it illegal to help slaves escape.
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Fugitive Slave Law
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Battle site of 2 Union defeats and where General Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson received his nickname.
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Battle(s) of Bull Run
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When this person was elected president, many southern states seceded from the Union.
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Abraham Lincoln
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This person was an escaped slave who became an abolitionist and writer of the NORTH STAR newspaper.
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Frederick Douglass
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What was the role of the Freedmen's Bureau?
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It helped newly freed slaves obtain food, schools, and medical care.
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Who won the Civil War?
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The North or the Union
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What was the capitol of the Union (United States) during the Civil War?
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Washington, DC.
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This person received his nickname at the Battle of Bull Run in which he and his troops were said to have stood like a "stone wall"
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Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson.
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Confederate Calvary commander known for bold raids of seeking out information.
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J.E.B. Stuart
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This Supreme Court decision was brought by a slave who claimed he was free when his owners moved to a free state. The court denied citizenship status or rights to slaves.
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Dred Scott Decision.
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This act removed the"imaginary line" between slave and free states.
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Kansas-Nebraska Act
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Place where Robert E. Lee surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant
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Appomatox Courthouse
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A person against slavery is known as an __
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abolitionist
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Where did the Civil War begin?
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Fort Sumter.
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This state was formed when the western and eastern parts of Virginia disagreed over the issue of slavery.
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West Virginia
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The states that seceded became known as the __.
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Confederacy or Confederate States of America.
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This person was offered field command by Lincoln but refused. He became General-in-chief of all Confederate Armies and surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant on April 9, 1865.
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Robert E. Lee
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A large farm.
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plantation
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After Virginia seceded, this city became the capitol of the Confederacy.
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Richmond, VA.
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