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26 Cards in this Set
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John Brown |
An abolitionist that killed people and raided Harpers Ferry |
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Harpers Ferry |
The place John Brown raided |
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Robert E. Lee |
Commander of the Confederate Army |
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Abraham Lincoln |
Emancipation Proclamation |
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Jefferson Davis |
Was the President of the Confederate States during the Civil War |
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Election of 1860 |
There were 4 different candidates. A republican, a Northern Democrat, a Southern Democrat, and a Constitution Uninon |
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Major Robert Anderson |
Battle of Fort Sumter |
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General G.T. Beauregard |
Ordered first shots at Battle of Fort Sumter |
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Secession |
To break off of a nation or a group |
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Fort Sumter |
The first battle of the Civil War |
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Lincoln's 1860 Inaugural Address |
Lincolns oath as president, and he was speaking to 2 different nations |
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Union |
The north, had some states with slaves but planned on getting rid of slavery |
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The Confederate States of America |
The south, all states were slave states and believed in states rights |
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Ironclads |
Ships with iron sides to deflect cannonballs |
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Battle of Bull Run |
One of the first major battles of the Civil War
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Battle of Shiloh |
Bloodiest battle of the Civil War |
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Battle of Antietam |
The bloodiest one day battle of the civil war |
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Battle of Vicksburg |
The turning point of the Civil War |
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Battle of Gettysburg |
Battle turned to Unions favor |
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Battle of Fredericksburg |
First boat sedge of US |
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Emancipation Proclamation |
Made the civil war about slavery |
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Conscription |
Compulsory enlistment |
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Draft Riots |
People rioting about forced drafting |
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Gettysburg Address |
A short 2 minute long speech that said what needed to be said |
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Sherman's March to the Sea |
Sherman marched from Atlanta, to the Atlantic Ocean, destroying everything |
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Appomattox Courthouse |
The last place the union overtook |
