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23 Cards in this Set
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What was the bloodiest conflict in American history ?
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The Civil War 1861-1865
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The Civil War lead to the end of _____
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slavery
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_______ and _______ were two attemps to find a peaceful solution
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Missouri Compromise 1820 & Compromise of 1850
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In 1819 the US had _______ streets evenly divided between free states (states that dont have slaves) and slave states.
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22 states
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The _____ was the dividing line.
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Ohio river
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The Anti slavery movement began first with _____(freedom by sending them to Africa)
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Emancipation
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The _______ did not cause tensions to level off
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Emancipation
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In 1859 _____ led a raid on the federal arsenal at Hapers Ferry, Virginia. He was hoping to start a _________. He was capurted and excuted.
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John Brown
Slave Rebellion |
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The election of ________ was the last straw to some southern states.
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Abraham Lincoln
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After the election of Abraham Lincoln, ________ seceded from the nation on Dec 20, 1860
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South Carolina
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______ was the second to secede. Five more states soon followed: ___,___,___,___, and ____.
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Mississippi
Alabama, Georgia, Florida, Louisana, and Texas. |
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February 1861 these states formed a new government called the __________
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Confederate States of America
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_______ became the capital
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RIchmond, Virginia
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War began in the harbor of Charleston, South Carolina at ________.
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Fort Sumter
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Lincoln called on 75,000 volunteers to put down the rebellion that is when ____,____,____,____ seceded.
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Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, & Arkansas
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Both the ____and ______ were confident of victory.
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North & South.
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________ 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.
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Southerners
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______ was the only president of Confederacy
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Jefferson Davis
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The land of ____ saw many battles during the years of the civil war
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Mississippi
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The ____ knew that in order to win the war they would have to control the _____.
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North
MS River |
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______ was the life and death of the south.
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MS River
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The ________ lay at a critical position on the river
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Town of Vicksburg
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To capture _____ the Union army had to drive the Confederate troops, while ______ commanded the Confederate.
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Vicksburg
General Albert Sidney Johnston |