Us History Ch. 14 War Between The States

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states' rights

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the central issue that sparked the war

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Anaconda Plan

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effort to blockage the South and capture the Mississippi River

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Thomas J. Jackson

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Virginian commander nicknamed "Stonewall" after his unmoving stance in the First Battle of Manassas

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First Battle of Manassas

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first major land battle of the war

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Army of the Potomac

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the North's main army in the East

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Virginia

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Southern ironclad that threatened to break the blockade

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ironclad

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an iron-plated warship

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Monitor

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Northern ironclad with a revolving gun turret

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Valley Campaign

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diversion of two Union armies by a small Confederate force

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Army of Northern Virginia

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the South's main army in the East

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Robert E. Lee

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commander of the Army of Northern Virginia

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Seven Days' Battles

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the South's main army in the East

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J.E.B. Stuart

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daring leader of the southern cavalry

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Second Battle of Manassas

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with this successful battle, Lee had practically cleared all of Virginia of Federal forces

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Battle of Antietam

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resulted in the Emancipation Proclamation

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Battle of Gettysburg

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marked the end of the South's offensive capabilities; the first clear-cut defeat of the Army of Northern Virginia

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Gettysburg Address

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address by Lincoln that summarized the courage and sacrifice of the soldiers of both the North and the South

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Ulysses S. Grant

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one of the North's finest generals; commander of Union troops in the West

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Fort Henry and Donelson

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opened Tennessee to invasion

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David G. Farragut

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Union naval commander who captured New Orleans

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siege of Vicksburg

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loss that gave the North total control of the Mississippi River

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conscription

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"drafting" or compulsory enrollment of men into military service

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New York draft riot

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scene of the most violent resistance to the conscription

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West Virginia

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state that was unconstitutionally admitted into the Union during the war

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Copperheads

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Democrats who were for peace, who sympathized with the South, and who opposed LIncoln

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Emancipation Proclamation

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declared all slaves in the rebel-controlled territory would be freed; excluded slaves in the Union's border states and in Confederate territories already under Union control

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Trent Affair

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when two Confederate government officials where sailing on a British mail ship, and the U.S. Navy forced the British ship to surrender the agents; this outraged the British and almost brought them into the war on the side of the Confederates

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Wilderness Campaign

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continual fighting in the woods north of Richmond

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William Tecumseh Sherman

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Union general famous for his "March to the Sea"; marched his army effortlessly through Georgia leaving a trail of destruction fifty or sixty miles wide from Atlanta to Savannah

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March to the Sea

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Sherman's destruction of Georgia

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Siege of Petersburg

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effort to capture the rail center feeding Richmond

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Appomattox Court House

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surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia

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Peninsular Campaign

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early, unsuccessful attempt to capture the Southern capital of Richmond

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Battle of Chattanooga

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Confederate loss that opened the door for Sherman's march

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Battle of Shiloh

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Grant's army was caught "napping"

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What was the bloodiest day of the Civil War?

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the Battle of Antietam

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What was the last-ditch effort by Confederates to win at Gettysburg?

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Pickett's Charge

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What was the bloodiest war in American history?

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the Civil War

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What famous speech did Lincoln give to dedicate a war cemetery for one of the bloodiest battles of the war?

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Gettysburg Address

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What was one of the South's primary advantages at the outset of the war?

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better commanders

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What was the South's basic strategy for victory during the war?

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to wage a defensive war and outlast the North's will to fight

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Where did most of the fighting occur in the East?

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Virginia

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What general played a critical support role in all of the following confederate victories: First Manassas, Seven Days' Battles, Second Manassas, and Chancellorsville:

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Stonewall Jackson

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How was Stonewall Jackson killed?

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Confederate troops mistakenly shot him while he rode in front of his troops at dusk

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What did Robert E. Lee say when he found out about the death of Jackson?

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"I have lost my right arm"

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Which battle was the first clear-cut defeat of the Army of Northern Virginia?

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Battle of Gettysburg

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Why did the North attempt to capture the Mississippi River?

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this river divided the Confederacy in two

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During what daring campaign did Grant cut his army off from his supply bases to surprise his enemy?

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Vicksburg

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What event almost brought Britain into the war?

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Trent Affair

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Why did Grant continue to fight after suffering so many losses in the eastern campaigns of 1864-65?

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He know that he could replace his losses but that the South could not.

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The capture of what city ensured Lincoln's reelection in 1864?

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Atlanta

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What did Sherman offer to Lincoln as a "Christmas gift" in December of 1864?

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Savannah, GA

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border states

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slaves states that did not secede from the Union (Missouri, Kentucky, Maryland, and Delaware)

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What was the date (in years) for the United States Civil War?

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1861-1865

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What was the main issue that sparked the Civil War?

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the nature of the Union, that is, whether states were sovereign and had the right to secede

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Why did some Southerners consider the Civil War to be a Second American Revolution?

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they saw themselves, like the Patriots of the War for Independence, as fighting against an oppressive, centralized authority

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Which side of the war had the advantage in basic resources (population, food production, and industrial capacity)?

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the North

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Why was Winfield Scott's plan to win the war called the "Anaconda Plan"?

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Through blockades and capture of the Mississippi, Scott's plan involved the slow subjugation of the South

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What is the significance of the clash between the Monitor and the Virginia?

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It was the first battle between iron warships and marked the end of the era of wooden warships

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What were the two main campaigns of the Civil War in the West?

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Mississippi River campaign and the Kentucky-Tennessee campaign

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How did the fact that so many farm hands went off to fight actually help the growth of agriculture in the North?

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the shortage of help forced the farmers to use machines, which proved more efficient and productive than human labor

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What were Lincoln's three main purposes in issuing the Emancipation Proclamation?

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1. to keep Britain from recognizing the Confederacy
2. to encourage blacks to join the Union war effort
3. to give the war-weary North another cause to fight for in addition to saving the Union