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What was the bloodiest conflict in American history ?
The Civil War 1861-1865
The Civil War lead to the end of _____
slavery
_______ and _______ were two attemps to find a peaceful solution
Missouri Compromise 1820 & Compromise of 1850
In 1819 the US had _______ streets evenly divided between free states (states that dont have slaves) and slave states.
22 states
The _____ was the dividing line.
Ohio river
The Anti slavery movement began first with _____(freedom by sending them to Africa)
Emancipation
The _______ did not cause tensions to level off
Emancipation
In 1859 _____ led a raid on the federal arsenal at Hapers Ferry, Virginia. He was hoping to start a _________. He was capurted and excuted.
John Brown

Slave Rebellion
The election of ________ was the last straw to some southern states.
Abraham Lincoln
After the election of Abraham Lincoln, ________ seceded from the nation on Dec 20, 1860
South Carolina
______ was the second to secede. Five more states soon followed: ___,___,___,___, and ____.
Mississippi

Alabama, Georgia, Florida, Louisana, and Texas.
February 1861 these states formed a new government called the __________
Confederate States of America
_______ became the capital
RIchmond, Virginia
War began in the harbor of Charleston, South Carolina at ________.
Fort Sumter
Lincoln called on 75,000 volunteers to put down the rebellion that is when ____,____,____,____ seceded.
Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, & Arkansas
Both the ____and ______ were confident of victory.
North & South.
________ believed that their milatary training and leaders and "King Cotton" would bring victory. The _____, however had more resources. It had much larger population, a much larger industrial base, and more miles of railroad.
Southerners


North
______ was the only president of Confederacy
Jefferson Davis
The land of ____ saw many battles during the years of the civil war
Mississippi
The ____ knew that in order to win the war they would have to control the _____.
North

MS River
______ was the life and death of the south.
MS River
The ________ lay at a critical position on the river
Town of Vicksburg
To capture _____ the Union army had to drive the Confederate troops, while ______ commanded the Confederate.
Vicksburg


General Albert Sidney Johnston