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35 Cards in this Set
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The Confederate cause was lost when Lee surrendered at ____________________.
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Appomattox
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The new political party that formed in 1854 was the __________________ _______________.
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Republican Party
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What were the 3 goals of the North's strategy for winning the war?
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1. Shutting off southern ports with a naval blockade
2. Capturing Richmond 3. Gaining control of the Mississippi River |
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What occupied the least amount of time for the soldiers during the Civil War?
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fighting
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After Lee had led the South to several victories, the Confederates experienced a painful defeat at the ___________ of _____________
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Battle of Gettysburg
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Union and Confederate soldiers first clashed in the ___________ of _____________
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Battle of Bull Run
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Abraham Lincoln's opponent in the 1864 election was ____________ ____________.
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George McClellan
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Following the surrender at Appomattox, Confederate soldiers were _______________________________________.
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generously allowed to return home
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Who was the leading Union General at the end of the war that worked well with President Lincoln? (Pres. Lincoln never fired him.)
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General U.S. Grant
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Which side won both of the Battles of Bull Run?
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Confederates
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Early in the war which General progressed very slowly and frustrated President Lincoln?
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General McClellan
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Which country did the South try to convince to join them in fighting the Union?
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Britain
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Were the Confederate forces able to stop Sherman from advancing from Chattanooga to Atlanta?
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No
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Who assassinated Pres. Lincoln?
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John Wilkes Booth
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What 2 ironclad ships were involved in a Civil War clash that had a significant effect on the future of fighting vessels?
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The Monitor v. The Merrimack
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What term denotes General Sherman's destructive advance through the South?
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Sherman's March to the Sea
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What tactic did the North use to discourage the South's sea trade?
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Blockade
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What Virginia region did Philip Sheridan and his men devastate in order to help break the South? (so that a crow flying over it would have to pack rations)
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The Shenandoah River Valley
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What was the "spinal column of America" according to William T. Sherman?
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The Mississippi River
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Who was Lincoln's running mate in the 1864 election?
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Andrew Johnson
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What one casualty at Chancellorsville severely crippled the Confederate forces? (Lee called him his "right arm.)
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Gen. Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson
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In the battle of Gettysburg, what famous Confederate attack through an open field resulted in the loss of thousands of Confederate soldiers?
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Pickett's Charge
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What did Pres. Lincoln issue following the Battle of Antietam to strengthen the Union cause?
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The Emancipation Proclamation
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This was a network of people who aided runaway slaves. These "conductors" hid slaves by day from their captors and overnight helped them to travel to the next "stop".
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The Underground Railroad
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This statement encompasses the philosophy prevalent in the 1800s that "God intends for us to have all the western lands to the Pacific Ocean (map of US, from sea to shining sea)
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Manifest Destiny
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This was the last state to join the Confederacy, and joined because they were "hemmed in " on all sides by Confederate States.
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North Carolina
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This is the reason people went west in 1848-1849
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The California Gold Rush
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The election of this man as th 16th President of the US caused SC to secede from the Union on December 20, 1860
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Abraham Lincoln
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The north was more urban and industrial (means this)
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had larger cities, factories and small farms, therefore not conducive to slave labor
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This book by Harriet Beecher Stowe inflamed anger and passion in the north and was an important influence in forming Northern opinions against slavery and its evils - the book was banned in the South
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Uncle Tom's Cabin
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The South was more rural, farms, plantations, no factories dependent on what 2 major crops?
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Cotton and Tobacco
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What invention greatly increased the profits from Cotton and helped make slavery profitable to the plantation owners?
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The Cotton Gin (Eli Whitney)
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These people felt that slavery was evil and immoral and should be "abolished"
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Abolitionist
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Who "fired" many of his commanding Generals MANY times during the Civil War?
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Pres. Lincoln
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Short Answer:
What were the results of the Civil War? (what happened to Lincoln, what happened to slavery, what happened to the issues of secession and nullification, how did the south accept "total war") |
Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.
Lincoln's plan of Reconstruction failed. Slavery was forever banned in the United States. States could not leave the Union. States could not ignore federal laws. The South hated the north (the "Yankees") because of Sheridan's destruction of the Shenandoah Valley and Sherman's March to the Sea. |