The Civil War

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Fort Sumpter

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A Federal outpost in Charleston, South Carolina, that was attacked by Confederate troops, beginning the Civil War.

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Border States

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Border states were wedged between the north and south, slave states that did not join the confederacy.

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Winfield Scott

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A Union general that developed a two-part strategy: destroy the souths economy with a naval blockade of southern ports; gain control of the Mississippi River to divide the south.

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Cotton Diplomacy

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The idea that Great Britain would support the Confederacy because it needed the South's raw cotton to supply it's booming textile industry

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The First battle of Bull Run

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The first major battle in the civil war, the south won.

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Stonewall Jackson

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Confederate general that earned his nickname by not backing down in the battle of Bull Run

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Robert E. Lee

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Lead Confederate General in the Civil war

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Antietam

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The bloodiest one day war in the Civil war

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Emancipation Proclamation

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The order to free all slaves in the Confederate states.

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Habeus Corpus

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The Constitutional protection against unlawful imprisonment.

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Clara Barton

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The woman that founded the American Red Cross.

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54th Massachusetts

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The most famous African American regiment in the civil war for their bravery.

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Ulysses S. Grant

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A Union General that lead the war in the west and saw a lot of success.

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Siege of Vickensburg

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The siege by the union to cut off supplies to the major Confederate stronghold of Vickensburg. It worked.