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Unit 6 - A Nation Divided

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  • What event led to the first state to secede?
    The election of Abraham Lincoln in 1860
  • How was the the economy of the South different from the North?
    Most people lived on plantations and owned slaves in the South
  • What state was the first to secede?
    South Carolina
  • Who issued the Emancipation Proclamation?
    Abraham Lincoln
  • Who was the President during the Civil War?
    Abraham Lincoln
  • What was the Emancipation Proclamation?
    This law freed slaves in Confederate states only.
  • What was the Surrender at Appomattox?
    Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered to Union General Ulysses S. Grant
  • What was the Battle of Fort Sumter?
    The first battle of the Civil War. Confederate soldiers attacked a Union fort outside of Charleston and won
  • How were the Native Americans involved in the Civil War?
    Over 20,000 NA fought on both sides of the war.
  • What differences between the North and the South created tension?
    Different views of slavery and states' rights?
  • Who was Jefferson Davis?
    The leader of the Confederacy
  • What was the South worried about with Abraham Lincoln being elected president?
    They worried that he would make slavery illegal.
  • What was Sherman's March to the Sea?
    Union General Sherman marched through the South, burning major cities along the way. One of the cities burned was Atlanta.
  • What does sectionalism mean?
    Feeling more loyal to your part of the country or state the country as a whole
  • What was the name of the Union battle strategy that created a blockade of the Mississippi River and surrounded the Confederate troops on all sides?
    The Anaconda Plan
  • What were the wartime advancements during the Civil War?
    Improved guns, photography, iron clads, submarines
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