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36 Cards in this Set
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What was life like in the North?
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farming main way of life
farms were small factories and trade big big cities immigrant labor |
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What was the North's view on slavery?
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felt slavery was wrong becasue you coudn't own a person
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What was life like in the South?
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farms were large (cotton, sugar, and tobacco)
the leading citizens were the great plantation owners who owned 100 or more slaves fewer railroads less populated |
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What was the South's view on slavery?
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they favored slavery becasue it saved money
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What was life like in the West?
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large farms (corn and wheat)
mix of north and south culture |
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What was the Missouri Compromise?
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one state would be free, one would be a slave state
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What was the Compromise of 1850?
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California became a free state, Utah and Nevada could choose
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What was the Kansas-Nebraska Act:
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Every state could choose to be either slave or free. Violence erupted in Knasas over the issue of slavery and becasme known as Bleeding Kansas.
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What is an abolitionist?
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a person who fought to end slavery
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Name the abolitionist and state what they did.
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Harriet Tubman: conductor of the underground railroad
Nat Turner: a former slave who revolted against his owner John Brown: he wanted slavery to not be spread into new states Sojourner Truth: fought for equal rights for slaves and woman Harriet Beach Stowe: wrote a book that told about the evils of slaver |
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What are the strentghs of the North?
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factories produce supplies
had railroads to move solidiers and supplies more states more soldiers more money more ships for supplies and for a navy |
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What are the strengths of the South?
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soldiers were better trained
betther generals more men able to fight because the slaves could do the work fought a defensive war (the north would have to beat the south and take over) fought on their own land |
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Emancipation Proclamation
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freed the slaves in all states that had left the Union.
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Union
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made up North's army
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Confederates
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made up South's army
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free state
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a state with noslavery
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slave state
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a state that permits slavery
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secede
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to withdraw from an organization or nation
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blockade
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the military would surround the area so taht no people or goods could get in or out.
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What were the causes of the civil war?
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government: does the gov. have more power than the staes
trade: the norht and south were fighting over trade rights lifestyle: the two sections couldn't |
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What were the code words for the underground railroad
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conducter: someone who lead slaves to freedom
passenger: an escaping slave terminals: northern cities railroad: path to freedom trains: conductors and passangers |
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What was the Udnerground Railroad
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secret way people who were against a slavery guided runaway slaves to freedom
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Which Battle came first
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Fort Sumter
April 12 1861 in South Carolina Confederates won Started the Civil War |
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Which battle came second?
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Bull Run
July 22, 1861 in Virginia Confederates won proved the war would be a long and the south may win |
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Which battle came third?
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River Battles
Spring-Summer 1862 on the Tennessee and Mississippi Rivers Union won South lost supply lines and New Orleans |
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Which battle came fourth?
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Battle of Antietam
September 1862 in Maryland No clear winner South tried to get more supplies |
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Which battle came fifth?
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Battle of Gettysburgh
July 1863 in Pennsylvania Union won turning point south will not recover |
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Which battle came sixth?
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Battle of Vicksburg
July 1863 in Mississippi Union won the south lost the Mississippi supply line |
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Which battle came seventh?
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Sherman's March
Summer-Winter 1864 Southern states Union Sherman captured states and destroyed transportation |
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Who won the Presidential Election of 1860?
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Abe Lincoln
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What were the results of the election?
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Lincoln won. Lincoln did not win in a single slave state and Breckenridge did not win in any slave state.
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Describe Jefferson Davis.
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President of Confederate States of America
born 1808 in Ketucky moved to Mississippi and owned a plantation with slaves was formally educated at Transylvannia and West Point |
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Describe Abe Lincoln
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President of the United States
born 1809 in Ketucky mobed to Illinois to get away from slavery taught himself lawyer assinated for ending slavery |
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Describe General Lee.
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a Confederate general for Virginia
was the best Confederate general served as an aide to Jefferson Davis |
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Describe General Grant.
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north general
future President became the best Union general |
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Describe General McClellan
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general for the North
after Bull Run became commander of the Army of the Potomac. Organized, equipped and trained his soldiers moved very slowly he pushed back to Washington by General Lee |
