| A | B |
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| Northern War Strategy | Anaconda Plan, the blockade, taking control of the Mississippi River and trying to take Richmond. |
| Southern War Strategy | Defensive strategy- defending their ground hoping for independence. |
| Northern War Goal | to preserve the Union and to abolish slavery |
| Southern War Goal | independence |
| Battle at Gettysburg | Major Union victory. Confederate Army weakened. Confederacy forced to retreat. |
| Battle at Vicksburg | Major Union victory. Union gains TOTAL control of the Mississippi River. |
| Advantages of North during Civil War | transportation, industry, more money, larger population, Great Leadership (Lincoln), Navy |
| Disadvantages of North during Civil War | weak generals (McClellan), fighting on unfamiliar territory |
| Advantages of South during Civil War | Great Generals (lee), strong military history, slavery helped for the first 2 years, fighting in their own territory |
| Disadvantages of South during Civil War | little industry, imported most manufactured goods, no navy, money tied to the land, few railroads, smaller population |
| Fort Sumter | first shots of Civil War |
| First Battle at Bull Run | first battle of Civil War, Confederate victory |
| Merrimack vs.Monitor | Major naval battle, proved iron clad ships are more durable in battle, UNION victory |
| Abraham Lincoln | President of the Union |
| Ulysses S. Grant | Union General-started in the West, ended in the East |
| William Sherman | Union General, total War in Georgia |
| Jefferson Davis | President of the Confederacy |
| Robert E. Lee | Confederate General |
| "Stonewall" Jackson | Confederate General-died of injury from "friendly fire" |
| Harriet Tubman | fugitive slave, conductor of underground railroad |
| Belle Boyd | Civil War spy |
| Clara Barton | established the Red Cross after the Civil War |
| Matthew Brady | photographer of the Civil War |
| John Brown | abolitionist- tried to stage a slave revolt at Harpers Ferry. He was hanged. |
| Eli Whitney | inventor of the cotton gin which resulted in the Southern dependency on slavery |
