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Ulysses S. Grant

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This Union General won many battles in the West before becoming the head general of the US Army.

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blockade

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This is when you use your Navy to keep enemies from trading goods by sea.

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border states

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These were slave states who were loyal to the Union.

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Gettysburg Address

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This was a speech given by Abraham Lincoln to honor soldiers, motivate Americans to keep fighting and reevaluate.

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Robert E. Lee

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This head general and military mastermind of the Confederate army was very concerned about being loyal to Virginia.

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Emancipation Proclamation

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This document ended slavery in the United States.

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secede

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It is to officially leave or end an alliance.

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Abraham Lincoln

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He was the President of the United States and determined to preserve the Union.

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Jefferson Davis

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He took on the difficult job of being the first president of a new country.

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William T. Sherman

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This general was determined to leave a path of destruction in Georgia.

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casualty

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This is a person who is dead, mission, or wounded.

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strategy

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This is you plan of attack in a war.

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Appomattox

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This is where Lee surrendered.

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Antietam

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This battle was the bloodiest day of the war.

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First Battle of Bull Run

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This was the first major battle of the war. The Confederacy won and proved they could fight.

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Gettysburg

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This battle in Pennsylvania was a major loss for Lee and ended his chances of invading the North.

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Ft. Sumter

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Lincoln refused to give up this fort in South Carolina where the first shots of the Civil War were fired.

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Monitor vs. Merrimac

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This was a sea battle of the newest technology _ ironclads.

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Atlanta

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This is where Sherman's devastating and destructive March to the Sea started.

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Vicksburg

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This was the last major battle in the West that gave the Union control of the Mississippi River.

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True

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The Emancipation Proclamation freed all of the slaves in the United States.

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False

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The goal of the Anaconda Plan was to cut off the South from all trading.

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True

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More men died of disease than on the battlefield during the Civil War.

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False

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At the beginning of the war, both sides thought it would take a long time.

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False

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The Union had fewer resources thatn the Confederacy during the war.

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True

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The Civil War had the highest death rate of any war in American history.

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False

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In the beginning of the war, the Union did well in the East and the Confederacy did well in the West.

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True

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The goal of the Anaconda Plan was to cut off the South from all trading, take control of the Mississippi and capture Richmond.

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True

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At the beginning of the war, many thought it would take 2 weeks to win the war.

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True

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In the beginning of the war, the Union did well in the West and Confederacy did well in the East.

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North Advantage

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The Union had more resources, people,workers, farms, money and trains.

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DisAdvantage North

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Fought on Confederacy soil; travel farther; little motivation and less military training.

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South Advantage

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The Confederacy was stronger and had more motivation fighting for freedom, more farm acreage; more cotton.

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DisAdvantage South

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1/2 population of North; less railroad and harder to get supplies.

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A Soldiers Life

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Many months away from home and family, little food or shelter, disease, guard duty pacing up and down in all weather conditions, gathered-wood for fires, grooming horses, clearing fields for drills. Free time spent writing home to family and playing games with other soldiers.

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The Early Years of the War

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In the beginning the Union was winning in the West and the Confederacy was winning in the East.

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Emancipation Proclamation

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It freed all slaves in the Confederacy. It gave the army permission to protect any"runaway" slaves. It encouraged slaves to stay where they were to get paid and allowed free blacks to join the army.

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After of a Battle

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I see weapons, bloody people, dead people and horses. I smell gunpowder, death and blood. I hear people screaming and crying. I taste bloody water and gunpowder. I touch dead bodies, blood, weapons and broken wood.

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Aftermath of War

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Our plan is to bury the dead bodies building shallow graves (cemetery), make hospitals for wounded soldiers, burn the dead animals and rebuild destroyed fields/homes as soon as possible.

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Confederacy

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Who won most of the early battles?

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To free slaves

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Why did Lincoln pass the Emancipation Proclamtion?

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South

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Where were most of the battles fought?

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Battle of Vicksburg, MS and Battle of Gettysburg

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What two big battles did the North win on the same day?

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Destroyed everthing in front of him. He left cities in ruins and hurt the money supply of the South. This caused long term effects and cut the South in half.

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What did General Sherman do to hur the South? Do you think it had any long term effects and if so what?

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Fort Sumter

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The Civil War begins with the first shots fired here.

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Confederacy Strategy

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King Cotton, Blockade, Help from Britain & France

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Union Strategy

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Capture the Mississippi, Capture Richmond, Anaconda Plan

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True

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The Civil War had the most casualties than any other wars. True or False

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