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Ch 16
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Fort sumter | Located in the harbor of chareleston south Carolina. Southern attack on fort sumter |
| Robert E lee | A talented military leader |
| Border states | Delaware,Maryland,Kentucky, and Missouri were slave states that bordered states in which slavery was illegal |
| King cotton cottony | Southerners cotton was important to the market. |
| Anaconda plan | Designed to smother the souths economy like a giant anaconda snake squeezing it's preyy |
| Blockade | Armed forces prevent the transportation of goods or people into or out of an area. |
| First battle of bull run | General Irvin clashed with the confederate forces. |
| Hygiene | Comditions and practices that promote health |
| Rifle | Is a gun with a grooved barrel that causes a bullet to spin through air. |
| Minie ball | A bullet with a hollow base |
| Ironclads | Warships covered with iron,proved to be a vast improvement over wooden ships |
| Ulysses s grant | Union general |
| Battle of Shiloh | Turned into a fierce fighting the civil war ha yet seen |
| Cavalry | Soldier on horseback |
| Seven days battle | Lee attacked McClellans army for a week |
| Battle of Antietam | Was the bloodiest day in all history |