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Civil War

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How many states seceded from the Union before Lincoln took office?   show
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How did Lincoln try to prevent the remaining Southern states from seceding from the Union?   show
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Why did Lincoln send provisions to Fort Sumter?   show
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What happened when Lincoln's provisions reached Fort Sumter? What began?   show
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Battle of Fort Sumter Impact   show
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show To keep the several border states (slave states that remained in the Union) from leaving the Union  
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show If they left: the south would have more white men to fight on their side, the south's manufacturing capacity would double and they would be in a strategic location to win the war  
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North advantages during war   show
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North disadvantages during war   show
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South advantages during war   show
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show South had no navy, no government structure, not well equipped, no railroad system, weak economy, no manufacturing  
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show All able bodied men between 20-45 years of age had to register for the war draft  
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show By buying a substitute soldier to fight in your place for 300 dollars  
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What caused the NYC draft riots (July of 1863)   show
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NYC draft riots (July of 1863)   show
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show That he was not fighting the Civil War to end slavery  
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Why did Lincoln proclaim that he was not fighting the Civil War to end slavery?   show
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What were the two reasons to free the slaves?   show
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What did Radical Republicans pressure Lincoln to do?   show
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Battle of Antietam   show
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What was the Emancipation Proclamation justified as and what did it do?   show
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show The war was no longer just a war against secession, prevented Europe from supporting the Confederacy, gave the Union new soldiers for their army (freed slaves)  
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What were the limits of the Emancipation Proclamation?   show
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Frederick Douglass   show
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show 180,000  
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show Stormed Fort Wagner in South Carolina and despite their loss, it was the first time black soldiers lead an infantry attack.  
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show They were paid less than white men, they had to fight in separate units commanded by white men, most blacks were only given labor heavy jobs,  
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What are often reduced during a national crisis?   show
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The writ of Habeas Corpus   show
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show It was necessary for our nation's security and to reunify the nation  
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show People were being arrested without being informed of the charges held against them and held without a trial  
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show It often increases  
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What did Lincoln do without the consent of Congress?   show
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show Because cotton was so successful in the south, confederate states hoped they could gain European support. They wanted Europe to obtain cotton from them. But their failure at Antietam and the Emancipation Proclamation prevented them from doing so.  
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Challenges for the Confederacy: States Rights   show
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show Radical Republicans criticized Lincoln for moving to slow on the issue of Emancipation  
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Challenges for Lincoln: War democrats   show
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Challenges for Lincoln: Peace democrats   show
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show Republicans do because when the South left the Union, they were forced to give up their right to have political power in Congress  
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show Over 600,000 people died in the Civil War  
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show Southern economy is completely destroyed and the industry in the North is accelerated because of war  
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show Republicans pass laws that have a huge impact on the Reconstruction years following the war  
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Impact of the Civil War: Preservation   show
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show The Civil War was the real test of democracy in the U.S. and it survives  
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Impact of the Civil War: Slaves   show
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show Cut off South's cotton supply to Europe and to invade the South from the West, cutting it in half  
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show Wage a war of attrition which would continually inflict losses on the North and wear them down  
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How did the Union pay for the War?   show
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show By printing money and through government bonds. Printing money led to a large inflation in the South which decreased the popularity of bonds  
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