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McGrath US Civil War

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Sectionalism   When you are loyal to one section or region of the country instead of to the whole  
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Union   the entire country (as a whole); or the North during the war  
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Confederacy   The Southern states that seceded from the Union and formed their own country it was called this  
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Casualties   people injured or killed in a war  
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Slave codes   Laws in the SOuth before the Civil War that keep slaves from escaping (ex: can't teach slaves to read/write or can't travel out of plantation w/out pass)  
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Cash crop   plant that is grown a lot and makes a lot of money (ex: cotton)  
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Fugitive   A person who is running away, trying not to get caught (ex: UGRR passengers)  
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Secession   means to break away from or no longer be a part of  
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Border states   states that have slavery but remain with the Union (MD, DE, KY, MO)  
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Abolitionist   someone who wants to end slavery (either gradually or ASAP)  
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Civil War   war between people of the same country  
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Blockade   Using your ships to surround the enemy, cutting off supplies and trade (Ex: anaconda plan)  
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Emancipate   to set free; freedom  
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Mason-Dixon Line   imaginary line between Pennsylvania and Maryland, separating slave from free states prior to the Civil War  
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Cottonocracy   Highest class in Southern society, grow cotton and own lots of slaves, have lots of power  
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Underground Railroad   secret network to help slaves escape North  
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Total warfare   Strategy used in war to destroy the enemy's ability to wage warfare (ex: burning towns, crops, supplies, harming civilians)  
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Abe Lincoln   President of the Union; did not want slavery to extend into the territories  
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Jefferson Davis   President of the CSA: had military experience  
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Stephen A. Douglas   ran against Lincoln for IL Senate 1858; he won; came up with pop. sov.  
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Frederick Douglass   former slave, abolitionist, started newspaper The North Star  
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William Lloyd Garrison   white abolitionist; started the paper called The Liberator  
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General Robert E. Lee   main general for the CSA; considered the best;surrenders to Grant at the end of the war  
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General Ulysses S. Grant   Union general; won control of the Mississippi River and took over as lead general  
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General Stonewall Jackson   Southern general; got his name from the Battle of Bull Run;killed by his own men on accident  
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General Sherman   Northern general; uses total warfare to win the war  
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Harriet Beecher Stowe   wrote the book Uncle Tom's cabin about the horrors of slavery  
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Dred Scott   slave that sued for his freedom but lost in famous Supreme Court case  
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South's cash crops   Cotton and rice  
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North vs South- population   North has great population; almost half of South's population is slaves  
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North vs. South- Economy   North has more factories, railroads, and telegraphs; South has money in slaves and land  
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Compromise of 1850   solution to solve slavery debate; California becomes free state, Fugitive Slave Law  
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Fugitive Slave Law   part of the Compromise of 1850; says everyone in the US has to help catch runaway slaves or fined/jailed  
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Names for the Union   Union, USA, Federals, Yankees  
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Names for the South   Confederacy, CSA, Rebels, Butternuts  
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Advantages of the North   greater population, more industry, technology, and transportation  
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Disadvantages of the North   needed better generals; less morale because trying to just bring South back into the North  
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Advantages of the South   fighting to protect and defend their homeland and way of life; lots of soldiers have more experience riding horses and shooting guns; best generals  
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Disadvantages of the South   Does not have Abe Lincoln and not as much industry  
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Strategy of the North   Blockade the South (anaconda plan) attack the South to bring them back into the Union  
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Strategy of the South   Defend itself and hope the North gets tired  
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Capital of North   Washington, D.C.  
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Capital of South   Richmond, Virginia  
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Prez of the North   Abe Lincoln  
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Prez of the South   Jefferson Davis  
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Uncle Tom's Cabin   novel written about slavery and how bad it was; author was Harriet Beecher Stowe  
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Lincoln-Douglas debates   Series of 7 debates in IL for the Senate race in 1858; Douglas wins; main debate is over slavery  
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Dred Scott Supreme Court Case   Dred Scott sues for his freedom, arguing he lived in a free area with his master; supreme court says he is property and not a citizen  
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Election of 1860   Abe Lincoln wins; 4 candidates run for the office; causes South to secede after he's elected  
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Emancipation Proclamation   document by Lincoln; changes the meaning of the war; frees the slaves in the CSA (and not the border states)  
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Gettysburg Address   speech by Lincoln to honor and remember those who fought at Gettysburg; encouraged soldiers to keep fighting for the cause  
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Major technology advances during the war that helped the North win the war   railroad, telegraph  
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