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56 Cards in this Set
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"The Civil War is what makes us differant." Who said it?
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Bruce Catton
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Who invents the cotton gin?
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Eli Whitney
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Cause of Constitutional Convention?
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How to count people
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3/5 Compromise. What does it say?
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count 3 people for every 5 African Americans
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Compromise of 1820. What does it say?
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a. 2 new states in the union - Maine as free and Missouri as slave
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"This is nothing more than a title page to a great and tragic novel." Who said it?
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J.Q. Adams
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Willmo Proviso. What does it do?
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no new slaves in new territory
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Who is the "Great Compromiser"?
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Henry Clay
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Compromise of 1850. What does it do?
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a. California is in and free
b. new + improved fugitive slave act c.bans slave trading in D.C. |
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What controversial book did harriet Beecher Stowe write?
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Unce Tom's Cabin
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Kansas/Nebraska Act, what does it do?
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Kansas and Nebraska Territories will be decided by popular soventry (vote)
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1850s nickname?
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Bloody 50s
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Kansas nickname...
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Bleeding Kansas
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Beecher's Bibes are actually...
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rifles
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John Brown raids...
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Harpers Ferry, Virginia
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How many states leave the union origanally?
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7 (South Carolina, Flordia, Georgia, Alabama, Louisiana, Texas, + Mississippi)
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What is the CSA?
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Confederate States of America
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Capitol of CSA...
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Montgummery, Alabama
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Who is president of CSA?
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Jefferson Davis
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Who is VP of CSA?
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Alexander Stephens
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Kansas/Nebraska Act, what does it do?
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Kansas and Nebraska Territories will be decided by popular soventry (vote)
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1850s nickname?
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Bloody 50s
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Kansas nickname...
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Bleeding Kansas
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Beecher's Bibes are actually...
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rifles
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John Brown raids...
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Harpers Ferry, Virginia
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How many states leave the union origanally?
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7 (South Carolina, Flordia, Georgia, Alabama, Louisiana, Teas, + Mississippi)
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What is the CSA?
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Confederate States of America
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Capitol of CSA...
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Montgummery, Alabama
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Who is president of CSA?
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Jefferson Davis
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Who is VP of CSA?
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Alexander Stephens
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1st battle of the Civil War?
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Ft. Sumter
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Leader of Northern Forces @ Sumter?
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Anderson
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Leader of Southern forces @ Sumter?
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Buearegard
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"Gentlemen, I await your fire." Who said it?
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Anderson
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After Ft. Sumter how many states total, have left the union?
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11 (after Sumter - North Carolina, Tennasee, Arkinsa, + Virginia)
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Where is the capitol of the Confederacy moved to?
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Richmond, Virginia
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1st major battle of the CW is?
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Bull Run aka Battle of Amateur Armies
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General Bee gives Thomas Jakson this nickname? Where?
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Stonewall Jackson. At Bull Run
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Northern plan for the east?
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capture Richmond
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Who is "Litte Mac"?
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MacClelland
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3 turning pt. battles?
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Antietam Creek
Gettysburg Vicksburg |
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Where does Stonewall Jackson die?
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Chancellorsville, Virginia
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What is Joe Hooker's nickname?
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Fighting Joe Hooker
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"I have lost my right arm." Who says it and who is he talking about?
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Robert E. Lee and he is talking about Stonewall Jackson
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Who wins a Congressional Medal of Honor @ Gettysburg for a baonet charge?
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Co. Joshua Champerland
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Famous charge from Gettysburg...
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Pickett's Charge
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Which battle completes the North's goal to capturing the Mississippi River?
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Vicksburg, Mississippi
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What was Lincoln's quote after Grant captured Vicksburg?
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"Now the Father of Waters can roll unvexed to the sea."
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"Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead!" Who said it and where was he?
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Farragut @ Battle of Mobile Bay
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What are 2 ironclad boats from the Northern bockade?
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Monitor(N) and Merimac(S)
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Famous raider ship from the blockade...
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CSS Alabama
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Which battle does this quote come from? "I propose to fight it out n this line if it takes all summer!" Who said it?
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From Battle of the Wilderness
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"My dear General Hood, waris hell!" Who says it and what is he about to do?
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Sherman says it and is about to burn down Ailanta, Georgia
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Sherman's "March to the Sea". What does he do?
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burns everything
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"Dear Mr.President, Merry Christmas. May I offer you the state of Georgia and the city of Savannah safe in American hands." Who says it?
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Sherman
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Where does the south surrender?
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Appomatix, Virginia
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