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20 Cards in this Set
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Advantages of the South
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Fighting a defensive war
Southerners had skills that made them good soldiers Best officers in the United States Army were from the South |
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The Civil War affected the soldiers and ___________ alike.
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Civilians
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In 1863, Lincoln said that he would _______________ the slaves in states still in rebellion.
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emancipate
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In the North, protesters against the war were arrested and denied _______________.
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Habeas corpus
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Large amounts of paper money contributed to __________ in both the North and the South.
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Inflation
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Copperheads
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Northerners who opposed the way Lincoln was handling the war.
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draft
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The law which required males aged 20 to 45 to serve in the military.
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Bounty
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Money the Union gave men to join the army
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Robert E. Lee
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Commander of the Confederate Forces
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William Tecumseh Sherman
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Led the Union march from Atlanta to the sea.
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Ulysses S. Grant
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Commander of the forces to whom Robert E. Lee surrendered.
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Clara Barton
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Founded the Red Cross
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Sojourner Truth
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An anti-slavery leader who worked in Union hospitals and in camps for freed slaves.
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Tax in kind
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A law requiring farmers to turn over one tenth of their crop to the government.
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Stonewall Jackson
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A Confederate general who earned his nickname for standing firm at Bull Run.
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Sally Louisa Tompkins
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Opened a hospital in Richmond, Virginia, and of 1,333 patients treated, only 73 died.
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Emancipation Proclamation
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Slaves in the states still in rebellion were set free
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Profiteers
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People who made money by charging high prices for goods needed by the army
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Dorthea Dix
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Reformed prisons and mental hospitals, became the superintendent of nurses for the Union army and earned the nickname Dragon
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Jefferson Davis
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President of the Confederacy
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