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25 Cards in this Set
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After _____ was elected president, ___________ seceded (left) the Union.
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Lincoln
South Carolina |
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Other ______ states seceded the Union and __________ was selected as the president of the Confederate States of America.
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Southern
Jefferson Davis |
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_______________ was asked to lead the Union army, but he refused as he was from Virginia. He opposed ______, but did not believe that the ______ should be forced to stay in the Union.
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Robert E. Lee
secession South |
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__________ became the leader of the Army of Northern ________ (Confederate Army).
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Robert E. Lee
Virginia |
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The _______ attack on ______ (Charleston Harbor) in _________ was the start of the Civil War, there were no casualties.
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Confederate
Fort Sumter South Carolina |
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The ______ believed that states couldn't just leave the _____________, while the _______ believed that they could leave.
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Union
United States South |
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States in the Confederate States of America were ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______
(The amazing gulls flew south to move near a large vineyard) |
Tennessee
Alabama Georgia Florida South Carolina Texas Mississippi North Carolina Arkansas Louisiana Virginia |
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Border States that stayed in the Union (slave states)
______ _______ ______ ______ |
Delaware
Kentucky Maryland Missouri |
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Free States in the Union
______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ |
California
Connecticut Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Maine Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota New Hampshire New Jersey New York Ohio Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island Vermont West Virginia (1863 - during the Civil War) |
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The first MAJOR battle was th Battle of ______ (______). In this battle, Confederate General ____________ stood like a "stonewall" as he led his men in battle and earned the nickname ____________.
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Manassas
Bull Run Thomas Jackson "Stonewall" Jackson |
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The _______ blockaded the southern ______ of ______, ______, and ______.
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North
Ports Savannah Charleston New Orleans |
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______ ______, the president of the United States, issued the _______ ________.
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Abraham Lincoln
Emancipation Proclamation |
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During the Battle of ______, the turning point of the Civil War, ______ troops controlled the high ground and were able to beat General ____ army. ____ retreated after _ days.
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Gettysburg
Union Lee's Lee 3 |
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The North led by ______ _. _____ gained control of the _________ River by winning the Battle of _______, thus dividing the ______ into two parts.
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Ulysses S. Grant
Mississippi Vicksburg South |
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______ in writing and giving the _______ _______ told Americans that the war was to preserve a government that was "_______________________________."
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Lincoln
Gettysburg Address of the people, by the people, and for the people |
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General ________ __ _____ was the Union General that defeated Souther General ______ __ ____ which led to Lee's Surrender at ____________ ______ _______, _______ in _____.
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Ulysses S. Grant
Robert E. Lee Appomattox Court House Virginia 1865 |
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One of the effects of the Civil War was the fact that ______ and ______ often were on opposing sides.
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friends
family |
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The population of the ______ was much less than the ______ and they had to use _______ soldiers
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South
North younger |
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_______ and ________ were burned.
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Atlanta
Richmond |
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______ was a bigger killer of soldiers that ______ from battle.
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Disease
Injury |
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The American Red Cross was started by ______ ______.
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Clara Barton
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When the ______ lost the war, their ______ became worthless.
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South
Money |
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_______ _______ fought on both sides in the Civil War, in the south as _____ crew and later as ______.
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African Americans
naval soldiers |
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African Americans soldiers were ______ ____, ________ _______, and ________________.
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African Americans soldiers
paid less discriminated against served under white officers |
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______ ______, was an escaped ______ who was a ______, then a _____________, and finally a ____________ after the war.
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Robert Smalls
slave sailor Union naval captain Congressman |
