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Fort Sumter | beginning of the Civil War |
Gettysburg | turning point in the war as North repel Rebels back to the South; the last chance the Confederacy had at a Northern victory |
Richmond, Virginia | capital of the Confederate States of America (Confederacy) |
West Virginia | Formed when part of the state did not want to secede from the union |
Appomattox Court House | Lee surrenders to Grant, war is over |
Underground Railroad | network of safe "stations" to help runaway slaves escape |
Jerry Rescue | Syracuse helps William "Jerry" Henry escape to freedom |
Fugitive Slave Act | Law that helped slaveholders recapture runaway slaves within the United States |
Dred Scott Decision | Supreme Court case (1857) that says slaves are property, not citizens and have no rights allowing slavery to exist in all of the western territories |
Election of 1860 | Republican candidate Lincoln wins causing several souther states to secede |
Emancipation Proclamation | frees slaves in rebellious states (but not border states) |
Gettysburg Address | Lincoln's motivational speech to remind soldiers what we are fighting for and to dedicate a cemetery for those that dies at Gettysburg |
Anaconda Plan | Northern strategy to blockade coastline, take Mississippi River, and spilt Confederacy |
Technology During War | Minie Ball, Telegraph, Railroads |
Strength of the Union | More factories, more miles of railroads, higher population |
Strengths of the Confederacy | Better Generals, fighting for their way of life (economy, culture) |
Goal of Lincoln at START of war | preserve the union |