History Final Exam

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South Carolina

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First southern state to secede in December, 1860.

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Jefferson Davis

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First President of the Confederate States of America

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Crittenden Compromise

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Promosed by Senator Crittendent of Kentucky, that the first Missouri Compromise line be extended to the Pacific as a way of preventing the Civil War. Lincoln opposed it. It never became law.

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Fort Sumter

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THe U.S. said it had been attacked and Lincoln asked for 75,000 volunteers to crush the rebellion.

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First Bull Run

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This was a major Southern victory in July, 1861, that stopped a Northern effort to capture Richmond, Virginia, the Southern capitol

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Antietam/Sharpsburg

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This occurred in Maryland in September, 1862 and was a Northern victory that stopped a Southern effort to capture Washington, D.C. Northern victory led Lincoln to issue the Emancipation Proclamation

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Emancipation Proclomation

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This was issued by lincoln on September 22, 1862 and provided for the ending of slavery in ONLY Southern-controlled areas. Southern states had 100 days to stop fighting and if they did, they could keep their slaves. None did. The Emancipation Proclamation took effect in January, 1863.

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Vicksburg

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This was in Mississippi and was the last remaining Southern fortress on the Mississippi River. Now the North controlled the river all the way to the Gulf of Mexico.

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Gyttysburg

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The North stopped a Southern invasion of Pennsylvania in July, 1863. The tide of battle nw turned in favor of the North. This battle persuaded the North to keep fighting.

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Sanitary Commission

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Northern women promoted better health in the Northern army camps through attention to cleanliness, nutrition and medical care.

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Election of 1864

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Lincoln beat the Democratic candidate General McClellan by over 400,000 votes. Shermans capture of Atlanta in the fall of 1864 helped Lincoln win.

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Nat Turner's Revolt

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The revolt led the South to tighten up on what Blacks could and could not do. They could not by taught to read nor write

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Slave Ownership

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Planters in the 1850's could expect an annual return of 8%-10% on capital invesed in slaves.

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Slave Families

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Slave culture was a family culture which was a source of strength and cohesion. whipping and threats of being sold off kept slaves subdued.

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Black Religion

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Their religion formed the cornerstone of the emerging Black culture.

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White Society

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Most Southern Whites were farmers not owning slaves.