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The war begins
Term | Definition |
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Fort Sumter | federal post in Charleston, South Carolina, that surrendered to the Confederacy |
border states | four slave states—Delaware, Kentucky, Maryland, and Missouri— that bordered the North |
Winfield Scott | Union general with a two-part strategy for defeating the Confederacy |
cotton diplomacy | Confederate plan to enlist England’s aid in return for continued cotton shipments |