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15 Cards in this Set
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fort Sumter
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confederates starving out the union soldiers
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Jefferson Davis
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was the president of the confederates
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anaconda plan
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to blockade the south and cut it in half by taking over the Mississippi
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rebert e lee
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a major general in the confederate army
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ulysyes s grant
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last general for the north in the civil war and would later become president
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iron clads
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boats covered in steel or iron plates
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battle of Antietam
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first major battle in the north and it caused 23,000 deaths the bloodiest day in war
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emancipation proclamation
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would free all slaves in the confederacy if the north won
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54th regiment
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a regiment of only African Americans and fought small battles and were destroyed at fort wagner
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morril tarrif act 1861
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tariffs to raise money during the civil war for the north
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homestead act 1862
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offered 160 acres of land to anyone who bought land there as a goverment form of relief
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legal tender act 1862
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legalized paper money to use in the US
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pacific railway act 1862
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government lending money to railroad companies to build a track from coast to coast
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national bank act 1863
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establish national charter for banks and encourages development of national currency
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battle of Vicksburg
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ulysus s grant driving confederate army to take defense at vicksburg
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