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20 Cards in this Set
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Abaconda plan
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Plan to smother the souths economy like a giant anaconda snake squeezeing its prey
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Border state
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Delawre, maryland,kentucky,missouri, were slave states that borded states in which slavery was illegal
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Fort sumter
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In the harbor of charleston,South carlonia, involved major robert anderson and his garrison
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Jefferson Davis
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President of confederacy
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Crittenden paln
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compromis plan, did not pass
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First battle of bull run
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July 21 1861 union forces commanded by general pierre beauregard near a little creek called bull run of manassas
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Republican party
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Grew out of problems caused by the nebraska act of 1854
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James buchanan
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Democrates nominated him to run for the presidency in 1856. He was a minster in great britain
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John brown
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lead the attack on harpers farry, he was an extreme abolitionst leader
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Harriet beecher stowe
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wrote the book toms cabin
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Kansas nebraka act
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getting ride of the missour comprmise by allowing people to vote for slavery in territories where the missour compromise banned it
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popular sovereignty
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Residents vote to secide an issue
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uncle toms cabin
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published in 1852, exposed moral issues of slavery
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Stephan a douglas
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Called for rather the compromis of 1850 succed or not
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ironclads
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warships covered with iron, proved to be a vast improvement over wooden ships
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Battle of shiloh
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Johnson suprised the union forces near shiloh church in tenesse. turning this into the firecest fight the civil war had ever seen
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seven day battle
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lee attacked mcclellans for a week
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emanciption proclamation
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freed all slaves in confedearte tettitory
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minie ball
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bulet with hollow base
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platform
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statement of beliefs
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