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APUSHch20&21

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fort sumter   controlled by union, but when north tried to send food, south attacked and fort surrendered  
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southern response   virginia, arkansas, north carolina and tennessee joined south  
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border states   missouri kentucky maryland delaware west virginia  
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the trent affair   the north forcibly took 2 confederate diplomats off british ship, but britain threatened war so lincoln released them  
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laird rams   britain built ramming ships to give to south but north threatened to attack canada so the ships were never delivered  
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Maxamilian   sent to rule mexico from france  
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confederate president Jefferson Davis   not very successful, south not always united  
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Lincoln   not always popular, flexible, patient, able to bend rules  
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northern army   north had volunteer army until 1860s then draft, but could pay 300$ to get out of army  
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irish americans   started draft riots in nyc  
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southern army   slave owners of at least 20 slaves didn't have to fight  
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200,000   deserters on both sides  
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womens role   33% of factory workers were women, at least 400 women posed as men to fight in war  
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Clara Barton   developed nursing profession during war  
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morrill Tariff act   high tarriffs in the north  
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bonds   loans citizens make to governmetn (raised over 2 billion)  
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battle of bull run (1861) virginia   union troops ran away as spectators watched  
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peninsula campaign (1861)   northern army branch that fought near DC  
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General George Mcclellan   in charge of peninsula campaign, overly cautious, tried to attack richmond, stalled and forced to retreat  
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northern strategy rule 1   blockade the south  
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rule 2   liberate the slaves in the south only  
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rule 3   seize the mississippi river  
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rule 4   attack the south in several different places  
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rule 5   take control of richmond VA  
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rule 6   force south into submission  
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merrimack vs monitor   south tried to destroy blockade by building an iron ship called merrimack, north built the the monitor to fight merrimack, ships battled to a draw, but merrimack not successful in destroying blockade  
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second battle of bull run (1862)   robert e lee attacked and defeated north, marched into border state maryland  
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antietam (1862)   bloodiest day of war, battle was a draw but north stopped southern advances  
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emancipation proclamation (1863)   all slaves in south declared free, not legal but changes purpose and character of war  
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chancellorsville (1863)   south defeated north but stonewall jackson was killed  
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gettysburg   3 day battle in pennsylvania south lost  
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ulysses s grant   became general of northern army in the west  
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vicksburd mississippi 1863   most successful battle for north, able to take control of mississippi river  
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william t sherman   northern general in change of destroying georgia, burned down atlanta, tore apart railroad (did same in SC)  
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the union party   war democrats joined republicans create new party  
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peace democrats and copper heads   opposed lincoln  
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andrew johnson   lincoln chose him as VP, earning him extra votes -democrat from tenn. who had been a slaveowner  
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democratic nomination   general mcclellan  
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the wilderness campaign   grant attacked lee in virginia , campaign lasted several months grant chad high northern casualites but refused to stop until war ended  
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appomattox april 1865   grant conquered lee at courthouse in virginia, lee surrendered  
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john wilkes booth   assasinated lincoln in a theater 5 days after south surrenders  
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600,000   killed in war  
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