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15 Cards in this Set
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Abolition
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The ending of slavery
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Popular Sovereignty
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The idea that the authority of government comes from the people.
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Cotton Gin
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Hand operated machine that cleans seeds and other unwanted material from cotton
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Erie Canal
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Opened in 1825, increased western trade and migration
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Threshing Machine
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Seperates kernals of wheat from husks
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McCormick Reaper
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Cyrus McCormick's reaper was patened in 1834 and was used to cut ripe grain.
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Secede
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To withdraw from an organization or alliance
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Abraham Lincoln
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*President
*Leader or the North during the Civil War *Assassinated in 1865 by John Wilkes Booth |
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George McClellan
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Commander of the Union army under President Lincoln
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Ulysses S. Grant
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Commander that took charge after the Union was defeated at the Battle of Bull Run.
*Strike hard and often-Get at your enemy when you can |
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Stonewall Jackson
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Commander of the Confederate army during their victory at the First Battle of Bull Run.
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George Meade
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Initial commander of the Confederate troops.
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Ambrose Burnside
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Replacement commander for George McClellan appointed by Abraham Lincoln.
*Ultimately proved to be a disappointment as well. |
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Robert E. Lee
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Commander of the Confederate army
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John Brown
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Extreme Abolitionist
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