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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Which states were border states? | missouri, kentucky, w.virginia, and maryland |
| Which states seceded? | all of the southern states. |
| What was the importance of Harpers Ferry? | a federal arsenal in Virginia that was captured in 1859 during a slave revolt |
| What was the importance of Fort Sumter? | a federal fort located in the harbor of Charleston, S. Carolina |
| What was the importance of the Appomattox Court House? | the virginia town where Robert E. Lee surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant |
| What was the importance of Fort Wagner? | a fort located in S. Carolina, 54th Massachusetts Regiment led a heroic attack on Ft. Wagner. |
| What was the importance of Vicksburg? | Vicksburg was where a seige took place, Gen. Ulysses S. Grant defeated Confed. troops |
| What does it mean to secede? | to withdraw. |
| what is an abolitionist? | one who wanted to end slavery |
| what was the anaconda plan? | a strategy by which the union proposed the defeat the Confederacy |
| what is a conscription? | a law that required men to serve in the military or be drafted |
| what are state's rights? | states have the right to judge when the federal government had passed an unconstitutional law |
| what is a blockade? | when armed forces prevent the transportation of goos or people into or out of an area |
| what was the 54th regiment? | one of the 1st African-American regiments organized to fight for the Union |
| Who was Abraham Lincoln? | he was the president during the civil war |
| Who was Dred Scott and his case? | Dred was a slave who sued for his freedom b/c he was taken to live in territories which slavery was illegal |
| Who was john Brown? | was an extreme abolitionist who killed lots of people who were proslavery |
| Who was jefferson davis? | he was the president of the confederacy |
| who was robert e. lee? | was a general for the confed. |
| who was joshua lawrence chamberlain? | he was in command of the 20th maine regiment |
| who was frederick douglas? | he was an african-american speaker and publisher |
| Who was robert gould shaw? | he was in command of the 54th african-american massachusettes regiment |
| Who was ulysseus s. grant? | a general for the union |
| Who was harriet beecher stowe? | she was the author of Uncle Tom's Cabin |
| who was stonewall jackson? | he was a confederate officer who stood like a stonewall in battle |
| who was william tecumseh sherman? | he was a union general and did not like war, but he fought for slaves freedom |
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