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40 Cards in this Set
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BORDER STATE
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Slave states that did not secede
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NEUTRAL
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Not favoring either side
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MARTIAL LAW
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A type of rule in which the military is in charge and citizen's rights are suspended
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BLOCKADE
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A military action to prevent traffic from coming into an area or leaving it
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IRONCLAD
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Warships covered with protective iron plates
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CASUALTY
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The military term for persons killed, wounded, or missing in action
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EMANCIPATE
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Free
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HABEAS CORPUS
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A constitutional protection against unlawful imprisonment
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DRAFT
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A system of required military service
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INCOME TAX
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A tax on the money people receive
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INFLATION
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A GENERAL RISE IN PRICES
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SIEGE
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AN ATTEMPT TO CAPTURE A PLACE BY SURROUNDING IT WITH MILITARY FORCES AND CUTTING IT OFF UNTIL THE PEOPLE INSIDE SURRENDER
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TOTAL WAR
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ALL OUT ATTACKS AIMED AT DESTROYING AN ENEMY'S ARMY, ITS RESOURCES, AND ITS PEOPLE'S WILL TO FIGHT
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GEORGE McCLELLAN
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FOR SEVEN MONTHS HE TRAINED HIS ARMY BUT DID NOT ATTACK
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ULYSSES S. GRANT
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HE LED THE MOST SUCCESSFUL OF THE ARMIES AND TOOK CHANCES
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HORACE GREELEY
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AN ABOLITIONIST NEWS PAPER PUBLISHER
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WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMAN
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LED A UNION ARMY AND BELIEVED IN TOTAL WAR
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HOW WAS THE STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA FORMED?
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PRESIDENT LINCOLN CALLED FOR MORE TROOPS, WHICH CAUSED MORE SOUTHERN STATES TO SECEDE IN THE WESTERN COUNTIES OF VIRGINIA THERE WAS LITTLE SUPPORT FOR SLAVERY SO THEY ENTERED THE UNION AS WEST VIRGINIA
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HOW WAS LINCOLN ABLE TO KEEP KENTUCKY IN THE UNION?
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WHEN UNION GENERALS WANTED TO OCCUPY KENTUCKY LINCOLN SAID NO IN FEAR THAT THE STATE WOULD SECEDE , WHEN THE SOUTH INVADED KENTUCKY THIS CAUSED THE STATE TO JOIN THE UNION
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WHAT ADVANTAGES DID THE SOUTH HAVE?
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ALTHOUGH THE SOUTH WAS OUT NUMBERED, THEY HAD MILITARY ADVANTAGES, MOST OF THE NATION'S EXPERIENCED MILITARY OFFICERS WERE SOUTHERNERS
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WHAT ADVANTAGES DID THE NORTH HAVE?
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THE NORTH HAD MOST OF THE NATIONS FACTORIES, AND TWICE AS MUCH OF RAIL ROAD TRACKS AND FARMLAND
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WHAT WAS THE NORTH'S STRATEGY FOR WAR?
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THEY HAD A BLOCKADE ON SOUTHERN SEAPORTS LINCOLN HOPED TO CUT OFF THE SOUTH'S SUPPLY OF MANUFACTURED GOODS AND BLOCK OVERSEAS SALES OF COTTON
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WHAT WAS THE SOUTH'S STRATEGY FOR WAR?
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SOUTHERNERS DECIDED TO JUST DEFEND THEIR LAND UNTIL NORTHERNERS GOT TIRED OF FIGHTING
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DESCRIBE THE LIFE OF A SOLDIER DURING THE WAR
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MOST SOLDIERS SPENT THEIR TIME IN CAMP, NOT FIGHTING THERE WERE HARSH CONDITIONS AND LITTLE FOOD ALSO THERE WAS LITTLE TO NONE CLEAN WATER WHICH CAUSED SICKNESS AND DISEASE
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HOW DID NEW WEAPONS CHANGE THE WAR?
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NEW WEAPONS MADE THE WAR MORE DEADLY THAN ANY OTHER PREVIOUS WAR
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WHAT WAS THE MOST FAMOUS NAVAL BATTLE OF THE WAR?
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THE BATTLE OF IRON CLADS
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WHAT WAS THE RESULT OF THE BATTLE OF SHILOH?
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THE UNION WON AND IT WAS ONE OF THE BLOODIEST BATTLES THE WAR HAD EVER SEEN ULYSSES S. GRANT WOULD CONTINUE TO GUIDE HIS ARMY AND TAKE CONTROL OF THE ENTIRE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY
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WHEN DID LINCOLN ISSUE THE EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION?
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SEPTEMBER 22, 1862
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WHAT DID THE EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION DO?
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IT FREED A FEW SLAVES AT FIRST AND CHANGED THE CIVIL WAR INTO A STRUGGLE FOR FREEDOM IT WAS NOW A FIGHT TO END SLAVERY
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HOW MANY AFRICAN AMERICANS ENDED UP SERVING IN THE UNION ARMY/NAVY?
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189,000 SERVED
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INFLATION
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A GENERAL RISE IN PRICES
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SIEGE
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AN ATTEMPT TO CAPTURE A PLACE BY SURROUNDING IT WITH MILITARY FORCES AND CUTTING IT OFF UNTIL THE PEOPLE INSIDE SURRENDER
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TOTAL WAR
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ALL OUT ATTACKS AIMED AT DESTROYING AN ENEMY'S ARMY, ITS RESOURCES, AND ITS PEOPLE'S WILL TO FIGHT
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GEORGE McCLELLAN
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FOR SEVEN MONTHS HE TRAINED HIS ARMY BUT DID NOT ATTACK
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ULYSSES S. GRANT
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HE LED THE MOST SUCCESSFUL OF THE ARMIES AND TOOK CHANCES
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HORACE GREELEY
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AN ABOLITIONIST NEWS PAPER PUBLISHER
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WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMAN
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LED A UNION ARMY AND BELIEVED IN TOTAL WAR
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HOW WAS THE STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA FORMED?
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PRESIDENT LINCOLN CALLED FOR MORE TROOPS, WHICH CAUSED MORE SOUTHERN STATES TO SECEDE IN THE WESTERN COUNTIES OF VIRGINIA THERE WAS LITTLE SUPPORT FOR SLAVERY SO THEY ENTERED THE UNION AS WEST VIRGINIA
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HOW WAS LINCOLN ABLE TO KEEP KENTUCKY IN THE UNION?
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WHEN UNION GENERALS WANTED TO OCCUPY KENTUCKY LINCOLN SAID NO IN FEAR THAT THE STATE WOULD SECEDE , WHEN THE SOUTH INVADED KENTUCKY THIS CAUSED THE STATE TO JOIN THE UNION
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WHAT ADVANTAGES DID THE SOUTH HAVE?
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ALTHOUGH THE SOUTH WAS OUT NUMBERED, THEY HAD MILITARY ADVANTAGES, MOST OF THE NATION'S EXPERIENCED MILITARY OFFICERS WERE SOUTHERNERS
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