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Lecture 4 (11.20)

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show a political theory  
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show lincoln and buchannan  
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show people had been talking about nullification and secession for decades, but no one ever really did anything about it. they took it further this time than it had ever been taken before  
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secession is the ultimate expression of...   show
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show states rights because they thought slavery should be allowed in the states.  
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show false. their government was weak, much like the articles of confederation.  
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show the states wanted their own power, they were fighting for states rights, so it was hard for the government to maintain power  
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show true.  
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both sides thought that the war wold end quickly.   show
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lincoln and davis put pressure on their generals at the beginning of the war because   show
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show at first, their strategy was to go to the confederate capital. they planned to storm the capital, take it out, and end the war.  
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show richmond  
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what was the confederacy's strategy?   show
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show washington  
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was the war short like both sides planned?   show
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show shifting war tactics.  
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show total  
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show very large. it was fought on a scale the country had never seen before.  
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show true  
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show slaughter that the country had never seen  
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the civil war was the _______ war america ever fought.   show
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the civil war was one of the first _______ wars.   show
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what was another of the first modern wars?   show
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new weapons came about in the civil war. what were some of them?   show
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neither side was worried about their capital falling.   show
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show entrenchment, wire entanglements  
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show iron clad ships  
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show both sides underestimated each other.  
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show southerners didn't respect northerners and they expected them to end up running away  
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show they expected to blow the southerners out and expected them to run away  
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show the north  
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what kind of advantages did they have?   show
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population advantages:   show
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show north had more states (4 to 1 advantage)  
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industrial and economic advantages:   show
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economic and industrial advantages:   show
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show south could not export cotton due to the blockade, so the north ended up outdoing the south in agriculture as well as manufacturing.  
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show "king wheat." they sold wheat overseas to make money during the war.  
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economically/industrially, the north had a _:_ advantage.   show
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transport advantage:   show
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show false. southerners in the union navy stayed with the union navy.  
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how many ships did the union navy have at the beginning of the war?   show
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how many ships did the union navy have by the end of the war?   show
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what did the ships do during the war?   show
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were they successful?   show
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what were the south's advantages at the beginning of the war?   show
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military advantages:   show
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show true. they continually remained in military service. some northern generals left the military for a while to try to make it in civilian life.  
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show ulysses s grant and george mclellan  
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show he was originally at an institution in the south (baton rouge), but when the war broke out, he went back to the north  
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show british  
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show no. the north keeps britain from joining the war  
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what would britain have brought to the war?   show
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show winfield scott  
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what was his nickname?   show
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show false. it took him a while  
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show anaconda strategy: blockade the south, starving them of resources. divide the south by going down rivers. they planned for a slow, gradual campaign to win the war.  
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show true.  
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scott underestimated the south.   show
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what did scott think the north needed to do to the south to win the war?   show
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show false. northerners wanted a quick victory, which scott did not plan for.  
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when was the first battle of the civil war?   show
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what was the first battle of the civil war?   show
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the first battle occurred how long after the surrender of fort sumter?   show
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show PGT Beauregard  
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show north into VA  
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who was the northern general in charge?   show
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how many men did mcdowell have?   show
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mcdowell believed that he had the enemy outnumbered.   show
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what other confederate leader led troops into the battle of bull run?   show
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show 12,000  
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show the confederates outnumbered the union forces  
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did the confederate or union army win?   show
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show stonewall jackson, the southern general. he made a stand as the northern forces were attacking. northern general bernard b said "there stands jackson, like a stone wall with his forces."  
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show no. he was killed.  
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show people from washington had come to watch this battle. they came in carriages eating their lunches.  
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show true.  
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show they retreated with them in a panic.  
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show true  
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confederates took a lot of casualties.   show
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show george mclellan  
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McLellan was the general that Lincoln was looking for.   show
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the day after the battle of bull run, he confederates march into washington.   show
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show true  
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show a fighting general that could actually win some battles  
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show he was too cautious  
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how long was it before lincoln found the right general and who was it?   show
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show advisors  
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what was the purpose of european advisors?   show
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europe declared at the beginning of the war that they were ___.   show
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did the remain neutral throughout the war?   show
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what did the south want from europe?   show
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what did they believe they needed in order to get these goods from europe?   show
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show false. they did not believe that the north could possibly win the war.  
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show the south was huge and they had a military tradition in the south  
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what happened in the eastern theater of the war after the battle of bull run?   show
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what were both sides doing during this lull?   show
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what did the north do during the war?   show
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show 75,000 ; 80,000  
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show 3 or 6 months  
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show they just went home.  
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show 45,000  
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how long did lincoln say the soldiers would serve this time?   show
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show false. many volunteers respondd  
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show true  
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by the end of 1861, the union army had authorization for _____ soldiers.   show
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show true.  
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show mobilized them  
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show "big wigs"  
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what was the effect of having these people as their commanders/officers?   show
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show he spent time specifically organizing his army  
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mclellan underestimated his enemy.   show
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show allen pinkerton led an intellegence operative  
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show the army of the potomac  
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show take richmond  
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show he never would've done it on his own. lincoln was tired of waiting.  
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the confederate army had a lot more men than the union army.   show
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show true, but because they had so few men, they were forced to put a draft in place.  
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show false. many things continued to happen on the seas.  
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show navy ; southern blockade  
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what complications occurred with the british in 1861?   show
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which agents were taken off the trent?   show
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what did the british do in response to the stopping of the trent?   show
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show the southern blockade kept their ships from reaching the south  
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show true.  
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show Prince Albert calms Lord Palmerston, making the diplomatic notes less "stiff."  
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show the british were building several raiders (ships) for the confederacy to attack ships of the north  
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the british had declared themselves to be neutral.   show
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making ships for the confederacy was not allowed; they were not supposed to be doing that.   show
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the british stopped the finishing, sending out, and delivery of one of the ships because the north called them out.   show
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what was the most famous raider the british made for the confederacy?   show
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show false. it got out of the port and the confederate navy got a hold of it before they could stop its production.  
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what did the alabama do?   show
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how long was it in action before being sunk?   show
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the british were not sorry for making the ships and did not give the north anything for doing so.   show
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show ironclad ships  
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battle between _____ and ____ in march 1862 in VA waters.   show
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show it was a draw because both ships withdrew.  
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in spring 1862, there was a battle at new orleans. who was victorious?   show
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show david farragut  
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what did farragut do?   show
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where did the people in new orleans expect the attack to come from?   show
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where did farragut's troops come from?   show
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show the port of new orleans (bad for the confederacy)  
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show up and down the mississippi  
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it was only a matter of time before the north controlled..   show
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show two--east and west  
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show the western theater. there were several battles there.  
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show george thomas  
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who were the confederate generals of the western theater?   show
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how many men did johnston have?   show
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where were his men?   show
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show western  
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what did ulysses s grant do in the western theater?   show
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show unconditional surrender grant  
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over time, grant became famous for what?   show
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show fight  
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what land did the union regain that had previously been the confederate's?   show
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show true.  
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what battle occurred in southwestern tennessee?   show
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show bloodiest  
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when was the battle of shiloh fought?   show
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who attacked who ?   show
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who withdrew first?   show
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what was the result of the battle?   show
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show 25,000  
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show albert sydney johnston  
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why was his death such a blow to the south?   show
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after the battle of shiloh, lincoln sidelined grant. why?   show
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who was the new general that took his place?   show
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show west  
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show false. he was seen as aggressive, but he was very cautious  
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show he was determined not to repeat Grant's mistake  
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show true. though they were avoided at the beginning of the war, drafts became a "must" for both sides as time went on.  
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show april 1862  
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what was the range of their draft?   show
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the draft age was later raised.   show
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show all white males ages 17-50  
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show government jobs (including teachers) were not included in the draft and there was one white man kept on each plantation. you could also find someone to take your place or pay your way out of fighting.  
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exemptions created loopholes and discontent in the south.   show
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show he was openly against it. he thought that all of the soldiers should be volunteer.  
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when was the union draft put into place?   show
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what was their draft range?   show
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though a draft was enacted in the union, most of the soldiers were still volunteer.   show
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show bounties  
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show 95 percent  
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show there was a protest in NYC. the protests were called the NYC Riots  
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show july 1863  
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what happened during the riots in NYC?   show
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show 74, most of them black  
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what kind of property was destroyed during the riots?   show
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how much property was damaged?   show
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show federal troops  
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show true.  
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many people were angry because once the war started...   show
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show lincoln ordered mclellan to attack  
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show richmond  
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how did lincoln want mclellan to attack? did he obey commands?   show
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show yes. he didn't care what mclellan did. he just wanted him to attack  
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show slow and cautious  
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show the confederate army slipped away from him  
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show joseph johnston  
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what do the southerners of the eastern theater try?   show
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show they sent an army into the shadenoa valley to the west of washington to scare lincoln and the people, making them think that they were going to attack.  
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show stonewall jackson  
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their tactic leads to battle on _____ and is called the ______.   show
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what was the outcome of the seven pines battle?   show
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who took command of the confederate forces ?   show
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show the Union army's extreme right  
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where do they strike?   show
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what does this strike lead to?   show
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how long did the battle last?   show
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the battle left few casualties.   show
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show no- they failed to dislodge the union forces  
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what was the result of the war?   show
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show lincoln temporarily took him out of the war  
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show halleck, from the west  
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show second battle of bull run  
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who was the victor at the second battle of bull run?   show
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show james longstreet  
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show he defeated an army under the union general john pope  
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lincoln put ____back in charge.   show
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why did he put mclellen back in command?   show
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what were the confederates still trying to do?   show
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when was the fighting moved out of VA and by who?   show
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show he wanted to win a battle on union soil  
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show go up north and attack them on their own soil  
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what did this lead to?   show
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before the battle of antietam, the north got a huge break. how/what was it?   show
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show mclellan did not believe it  
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show september  
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who were the confederate officers in charge?   show
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show mclellan  
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show he backed away  
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show it gave them a huge strategic advantage  
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was this battle bloody at all?   show
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what advantages did the north have at the battle of antietam?   show
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show he was very cautious  
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show he was replaced.  
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when was mclellan, again, placed back in command?   show
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show ambrose burnside  
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when does burnside face lee?   show
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what happened at the battle of fredericksburg?   show
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were the union troops successful?   show
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what were the casualties like?   show
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show he retired  
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show there was a deadlock  
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by the end of 1862, who was winning in the west?   show
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show many in the north, especially the democrats. they attacked lincoln, though he was though of as popular, and they demanded that the war be stopped, though the war was thought of as popular  
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what did these northern democrats want?   show
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show true. they didnt understand why they couldn't win if they had such a huge population  
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show of all of the advantages they had entered the war with  
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show congressional  
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show democrats  
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show end of 1862  
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show lincoln signed the emancipation proclamation  
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show false. it affected the war greatly  
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after the emanicpation proclamation, the war was no longer about __ . It became a war about __.   show
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the emancipation proclamation freed all of the slaves.   show
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show in any place under rebellion, slaves were free  
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lincoln had always planned to end slavery.   show
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many notherners had an _________ feeling.   show
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many black people had been coming to the north.   show
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show since the beginning of the war  
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what were the black people that came to the north called?   show
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show true.  
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the north needed increased morale; their morale was decreasing greatly. what fired them up again?   show
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lincoln passed the emancipation proclamation because...   show
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show slavery  
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show demolished.  
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why would britain or france no longer enter the war?   show
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what did england do after they realized the war was over slavery?   show
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how did halting cotton imports affect the english economy?   show
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show true  
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show india and egypt  
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show black people would be allowed to come into the army  
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show no  
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black people didn't join the war/fight against slavery.   show
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what was the most famous black battle unit ?   show
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show boston  
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who did the massachusetts 54ths regimen organize under?   show
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show false. he is burried in a mass grave with his men.  
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both the confederate and union armies had to mobilize everyone they possibly could to fight.   show
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show the war just would not stop. it wasnt ending  
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what idea does this support?   show
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show 1865  
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show an amendment was put into congress for the abolition of slavery  
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that amendment became the __ amendment to the constitution.   show
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this amendment was the first _____ amendment?   show
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show december 15, 1865  
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the move toward the abolition of slavery was started by what?   show
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show states' rights, secession, keeping the union whole, slavery  
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show slavery  
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by the beginning of 1865, the end of the war ws beginning to loom for the ______ army.   show
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show the resources of the northern army  
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there was a new ___ commander in 1863.   show
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show Joseph Hooker  
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show fighting joe  
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he was a much better general than burnside.   show
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the lost at what battle?   show
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show 130,000  
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his army was the largest army america had put together down to that time.   show
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show true  
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who did general lee use to attack the union's exposed flank?   show
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show right  
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show wilderness/the wooded area  
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the was the last important confederate victory.   show
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show outmaneuvering the union army  
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show jackson was killed by one of his own men.  
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who returned in the west?   show
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show vicksburg  
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does grant get vicksburg?   show
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what was grant's nickname from this battle?   show
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show the union. it was a big union victory in the west  
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though the south was winning victories, ......   show
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in june 1863, lee takes his troops where?   show
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what did this lead to ?   show
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the battle of gettysburg was a victory for who?   show
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how did the battle of gettysburg affect the confederacy?   show
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the battle of gettysburg was...   show
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