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37 Cards in this Set
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States between the North and South that were divided over whether to stay in the union or join the Confederacy |
Border states |
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Cut off an area by means of troops or warships to stop supplies or people from coming in or going out |
Blockade |
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Went on the attack |
Offensive |
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The Confederate Army |
Rebels |
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The Union Army |
Yankees |
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Ships that sail into and out of a blockaded area |
Blockade Runner |
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Armored Navy vessel |
Ironclad |
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People killed or wounded |
Casualties |
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Free |
Emancipate |
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Approved |
Ratified |
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Signed by Lincoln on January 1st 1863 , freed enslaved African Americans in the Confederacy, Britain and France decided to withhold recognition of the Confederacy |
Emancipation Proclamation |
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Freed enslaved Americans and made slavery illegal everywhere |
13th Amendment |
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Famous Union spy |
Harriet Tubman |
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By becoming Union Soldiers, they took an important step towards securing civil rights , at the end of the war they made up nearly 10% of the Union Army |
African Americans |
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Commanding officer of the 54th Massachusetts Regiment |
Robert Gould Shaw |
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A legal order for an inquiry to determine whether a person has been lawfully imprisoned |
Habeas corpus |
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The selection of persons required for military service |
Draft |
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Payments to encourage volunteers |
Bounties |
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Northern money |
Greenbacks |
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General increase in prices |
Inflation |
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Required men between certain ages to serve in the Army for three years, led to opposition. The worst disturbance took place in NYC |
Draft law |
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Founded the American Red Cross |
Clara Barton |
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Southerner who established a hospital for soldiers in Richmond Virginia |
Sally Tompkins |
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Fought for the Confederacy at the First Battle of Bull Run |
Loretta Janette |
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Southern Spy |
Rose O'Neal greenhow |
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Call copperheads |
Peace Democrats |
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Usually $300 payments; were encouraged to enlist |
Bounties |
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Army |
Entrenched |
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War on all aspects of the enemy's life |
Total War |
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Who was Robert earley's opponent at Fredericksburg |
Ambrose Burnside |
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The site of Pickett's Charge Confederate disaster Lincoln's Gettysburg Address |
Gettysburg |
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His Siege of Vicksburg finally led to Confederate surrender on July 4th 1863 , his assault on the railroad Center of Petersburg resulted in nine months each , Lincoln named him commander of the Union armies |
Ulysses S Grant |
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Where was Ulysses S Grant's siege that finally led to Confederate surrender on July 4th 1863 |
Vicksburg |
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Who's capture of Atlanta got Lincoln elected in 1864 |
William T Sherman |
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What was Sherman's March to Savannah called |
Total War |
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What day did Lee and his troops surrender to Grant in a small Virginia Village called Appomattox Courthouse |
April 9th 1865 |
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On April 9th 1865 where did Lee and his troops surrender to Grant in a small Virginia Village |
Appomattox Courthouse |
