| A | B |
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| Start of the Civil War | firing on Fort Sumter |
| Cotton Diplomacy | Britain would support the South because it needed cotton |
| Naval Blockade | one of the strategies to help the Union defeat the Confederacy |
| U.S. Sanitary Commission | get medicine, bandages, and food to the Union army |
| First Battle of Bull Run | ended the hopes of a quick victory |
| Why did Gen. McClellan always hesitate to attack the Confederate Army | he thought they had more soldiers than they really did |
| Second Battle of Bull Run | Union was forced to retreat in defeat again |
| Battle of Antietam | bloodiest single day of fighting during the war |
| Why was the Union blockade so difficult to maintain | thousands of miles of coastline to patrol |
| What new warship developed by the South was dangerous to the Union | ironclads |
| The development of ironclads led to what | the end of wooden warships powered by sails |
| The goal of the Union Army in the west was to control what | mississippi river |
| Siege of Vicksburg | gave the Union control of Mississippi river |
| Cherokee Indians | supported the confederacy for more freedoms after the war. |
| why did Lincoln support abolishing slavery | thought it would help the North win the war |
| Emancipation Proclamation | freed all slaves in the confederate states |
| Emancipation Proclamation | based on the principle that All Men are Created Equal |
| Northern Democrats feelings on Emancipation | feared freed slaves would take northern jobs |
| Why did Lincoln wait until after Antietam to announce the Emancipation | wanted a union victory |
| African American soldiers | were killed or sold into slavery if captured by Confederates |
| 54th Massachusetts | African American unit at Fort Wagner |
| Right to Vote | what Lincoln suggested African Americans who fought in the war should get. |
| Northern Draft | favored the rich by allowing them to buy their way out |
| How did Lincoln silence opposition to the war | jailed people without trial |
| Main reason for opposition to the war | Length and number of caualties |
| How were Prisoners treated | no shelter and little food |
| General McClellan, Burnside, and Hooker | all lacked aggression |
| Gettysburg Address | remind Americans why we were fighting the War |
| Gettysburg Address | valued liberty, equality, and democracy |
| Battle of Gettysburg | turning point in the war, last time Lee came North |
| Union Capture of Atlanta | showed voters that the North was winning the war |
| William Tecumseh Sherman | destroyed the South and captured Atlanta |
| Total War | destroy civilian and military resources |
| Why did Lee surrender at Appomattox Courthouse | was surrounded and ran out of supplies |
| Advantages of the North | ??? |
| Advantages of the South | ??? |
| Winfield Scott | Union strategy |
| contrabands | escaped slaves |
| copperheads | midwest democrats who sympathized with the south |
| Pickett's charge | Confederate attack at Gettysburg |
| Ulysses S. Grant | Union General |
| Wilderness Campaign | series of battles in virginia |
| Appomattox Court House | final surrender |
| Battle of Shiloh | gave Union control of upper Mississippi river |
| Siege of Vicksburg | gave the Union total control of the Mississippi river |
| Missouri, Kentucky, Maryland, and Delaware were all | border states |
| She helped the war effort by getting medicine and bandages for the Union Army | Clara Barton |
| Lincoln suspended this right in order to quiet war protestors | habeas corpus |
| Major Battles of the War - Name and who won each | Look over your notes |
