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secession
the withdrawal of eleven southern states from the Union in 1860, leading to the Civil War
Confederate States of America
he 11 Southern states (Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia, Tennessee, Louisiana, and Mississippi) that seceded from the Union in 1861, precipitating a civil war with the North
Fort Sumter
the first battle of the Civil War
Border States
slave states that didn't secede from the Union
Anaconda Plan
military strategy proposed by Union General Winfield Scott early in the American Civil War.
blockade
an act or means of sealing off a place to prevent goods or people from entering or leaving.
ironclad
a 19th-century warship with armor plating.
Emancipation Proclomation
an executive order issued on January 1, 1863, by President Lincoln freeing slaves in all portions of the United States not then under Union control (that is, within the Confederacy).
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