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18 Cards in this Set
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What is significant about Antietam? |
1st major battle of the civil war |
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How many casualties were there in Antietam? |
Single bloodiest day in American history 23,000 |
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Who won Antietam? |
No clear victory |
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When was the emancipation proclamation announced? |
5 days after Antietam |
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What is the emancipation proclamation? |
Document that declared all states in the confederacy free . Only freed slaves in the CSA states |
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What is Gettysburg called? |
"Turning point" of the civil war |
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What is Lincoln's address called and what was it about? |
Famous "Gettysburg Address" dedicated battlefield and urging preservation of the union |
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Who won Gettysburg? |
North won |
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What is chickamauga? |
Biggest battle ever fought in Georgia |
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Who were the confederates led by during the battle of Chickamauga? |
General Braxton Bragg |
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Who won chuckaumauga? |
South won |
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What did the union blockade do? |
Union navy closed ports and rivers in order to choke CSA imports and exports AKA-"Anaconda Plan" |
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What were the effects of the union blockade? |
Shortages on food and manufactured goods,higher prices |
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What kind of tactics did William T. Sherman use? |
Uncivilized warfare tactics |
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What did William T. Sherman destroy? |
Destroyed GA during Atlanta campaign and march to the sea |
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What was the goal of the Atlanta campaign? |
Goal was to destroy Atlanta ,series of battles of 1864 between Chattanooga and Atlanta |
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What was the purpose of march to the sea? |
Destroy resources such as railroads and supplies |
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Where did the march to the sea start and end? |
Started in Atlanta ended in Savannah |
