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C-17 The Civil War

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  • Inflation out of control
    Southern economy
  • Where did William Tecumseh Sherman's March to the Sea begin?
    Atlanta, GA
  • Significance of the Siege of Vicksburg
    the Union gained total control of the Mississippi River
  • Lowest number of electoral votes a state can have
    3
  • MD separated the Union's capital from the South; MO and KY controlled parts of important rivers.
    the Union wanted control of the border states
  • Important battle that ended the North's hope of ending the war quickly
    1st battle of Bull Run
  • the three S causes of the Civil War
    Sectionalism, States' Rights, Slavery
  • called for Confederate slaves to be freed
    Emancipation Proclamation
  • what new process during the Civil War changed how a soldier's death was handled
    embalming
  • Newly elected President Lincoln affirmed, as stated in the Declaration of Independence, that citizens...
    have the right to overthrow the government.
  • Took place less than a week after Robert E. Lee's surrender to Ulysses S. Grant
    President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth
  • Dates of the Civil War
    April 12, 1861 - April 9, 1865
  • Battle named after a small church
    Battle of Shiloh
  • Union victory, turning point in the war.
    Battle of Gettysburg
  • first state to secede from the Union
    South Carolina
  • Maryland battle; the bloodiest single-day battle in U.S. military history
    Battle of Antietam
  • African American Civil War regiment that attacked Fort Wagner in SC
    54 MA Infantry
  • Virginia town where Ulysses S. Grant offered his terms of surrender to Robert E. Lee.
    Appomattox Courthouse
  • Name of the new bullet that made the Civil War deadly than previous wars
    mini-ball
  • Written/Read to remind Americans of the reasons the Civil War was being fought
    Lincolns' Gettysburg Address
  • Main exports of the United States of America and the Confederate States of America
    grain and cotton
  • The Civil War began with...
    the firing of Confederate guns on Fort Sumter
  • led to violence between pro-slavery and anti-slavery settlers
    Kansas-Nebraska Act
  • Union soldiers were called
    Yankees
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