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If your not sure what answer should be entered, press the space bar and the next missing letter will be displayed. When you are all done, you should look back over all your answers and review the ones in red. These ones in red are the ones which you needed help on. Term: Election of Definition: Republicans nominated Lincoln, the Democrats chose one candidate from the North and another from the South. The split party allowed to win, without winning a single Southern state. Term: Abraham Definition: "Honest Abe" ran for president on a platform that opposed the extension of slavery in the , but not in the South. Term: States of AmericaDefinition: states the seceded from the States after Lincoln was elected president Term: Jefferson Definition: of the Confederacy Term: Lincoln's First Inaugural Definition: Southerners that he would not interfere with slavery; he would do whatever it took to preserve the Union, by force if necessary Term: Fort Definition: federal fort in South Carolina; Lincoln refused to surrender the fort to South Carolina, Confederate forces on it to begin the Civil War Term: Plan"Definition: Northern long-term strategy suggested by Winfield Scott that aimed at strangling the South Term: Robert E. Definition: General, highly respected on both sides, who ultimately decided to fight on the side of his home of Virginia Term: (Draft)Definition: military service Term: JacksonDefinition: Confederate General forced to retreat from the Battle of Bull Run. Widely regarded as one of the best commanders Term: Battle of Definition: aka Battle of ; bloodiest single day of the Civil War Term: "Battle Hymn of the Definition: song for the Union Army to the tune of "John Brown's Body" with words by Julia Ward Brown Term: Emancipation Definition: document freeing the slaves of the rebelling states, not in the loyal states; disrupted the Confederacy's plantation economy and ended chances of French and British intervention Term: of GettysburgDefinition: turning point in the war in which Lee's army suffered havy casualties and was to retreat Term: Gettysburg Definition: Lincoln's speech that explained the meaning of the War Term: of VicksburgDefinition: Confederacy controlled movement along the Mississippi River until General and the Union forces won this battle after a 47-day siege Term: William Definition: first African to receive the Congressional Medal of Honor Term: Ulysses S. Definition: Placed in of all Union forces after the Battle of Vicksburg - his goal was the total destruction of Confederate forces Term: William T. Definition: General sent with a Union army Georgia to further divide the Confederacy Term: BazaarDefinition: first Hispanic-American to receive the Congressional of Honor Term: Election of Definition: Abraham Lincoln versus Democrat George McClellan with Lincoln winning the election Term: Second Inaugural Definition: focus was on the sin of slavery - Southern slave owners had been willing to make war on the Union rather than give up their Term: Appomattox HouseDefinition: site of General Lee's - ending the Civil War Term: John BootheDefinition: actor who shot and assassinated Lincoln |
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