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Civil War

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Unionist   wanted to stay in the union  
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Secessionist or Fire-eaters   wanted to secede or breakaway from the union  
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Cooperationist   Seceding was a last resort; if they secede, SC must have support of other states  
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Union   United States of America  
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Confederacy   Confederate States of America  
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Northern or Union Strategy   Blockade the south and cut the Confederacy into two sections at the Mississippi River  
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Southern or Confederate strategy   Fight a defensive war to make the Union tired of fighting  
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First battle of the Civil War   Fort Sumter  
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Sherman's March to the Sea   Sherman marches his troops from Atlanta to Savannah burning and looting towns and people's homes (example of Total War)  
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Total War   Involves everyone (especially civilians) in the war  
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20 Slave Law   If you owned 20 slaves, you did not have to serve in war  
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Women during the Civil War   Served as nurses or stayed home to run the house, many had to flee their homes as Union troops advanced into the south  
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Reason the SC Secession convention was moved from Columbia to Charleston   Smallpox outbreak in Columbiba  
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Group that gained control of SC General Assembly in Dec. 1860   Secessionist  
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What made it difficult for Confederate soldiers to get food, clothing, and ammunition?   Union Blockade  
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Lincoln signed a document that freed all slaves in the rebelling states, what is this document?   Emancipation Proclamation  
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54 Massachusetts   Regiment of all African American soldiers  
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Robert Smalls   Slave that stole a ship and provided information to the Union forces about the Confederate defense around Charleston  
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Advantage for the Union army   More soldiers and More supplies  
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View for citizens in the north of the Civil War   Moral crusade against slavery  
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Port Royal Sound's importance   Launches the blockade of the Atlantic Ocean  
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Hunley   Submarine  
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Conscription Laws   Draft- requires people to serve in the army  
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Most deaths from the Civil War were from what?   Infection and disease  
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John Wilkes Booth   Person who assassinated Abraham Lincoln  
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