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civil war questions

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battle; meade vs lee; each wanted to get to a shoe factory first; turning point in the east   gettysburg  
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great compromise; author of the american system, missouri compromise, compromise of 1850 and kansas nebraska act   henery clay  
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nicknamed stonewall; stopped mcclellan from taking richmond   thomas jackson  
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place where the civil war began   ft.sumter  
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prohibited slavery morth of 36 30 in the louisiana purchase territory after 1820   missouri compromise  
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capitaL OF THE confederacy   richmond  
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commander in cheif of union forces at the end of the civil war; general   ulysses s grant  
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union ridge at the battle of gettysburg   cemetery  
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union commander of the eastern theatre at the beggining of the civil war   george mcclellan  
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battle which gave control of the mississippi river to the union forces; turning point in the west   vicksburg  
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slave who sued his master for his freedom because he had lived for 4 years on free territory   dred scott  
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attempted to start a slave rebellion by attacking a federal arsenal and taking the guns and ammunition; later convicted and hanged   john brown  
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union general who left a path of destruction 300 miles laong and 60 miles wide of utter destruction when splitting the south; helped grant caputure confederate leader robert e lee.   william sherman  
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part of the northern strategy plan to prevent the south from trading its cotton for european war supplies   blockade  
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act which permitted slavery in the area north of 36 30 of the louisiana territory therby voiding the missouri compromise   kansas nebraska act  
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term used to describe the favoring of interest of one group over those of the nation as a whole   sectionalism  
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president of the confederate states of america   jefferson davis  
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place where the civil war ended   appomattox  
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legislation that required anyone to return a runaway slave fount anywhere in the us; part of the compromise of 1850   fugitive slave act  
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president of the united states during civil war; hoped to end the extension of slavery in the territories   abraham lincoln  
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????? proclamation that freed slaves in states that were still in rebellion during the civil war; weekened the confederacy by causing chaous   emancipation  
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name the suicidal attack at the battle of gettysburg   pickets charge  
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place where the john brown tried to capture an arsenal and use the ammunition to start a slave rebellion   harpers ferry  
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battle in which union forces under sherman captured the central railway center railway center in the heart of the confederacy   chattanooga  
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commander in cheif of confederate armies during the civil war   robbert e lee  
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capital of the union   washington dc  
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leader of the underground railroad which led slaves to freedom before and during the civil war   harriet tubman  
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