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Mrs. Grieve's Unit Five (Civil War) APUSH

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First State to Secede from Union   South Carolina  
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The Event that Started the Civil War   Confederate attack on Fort Sumter  
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Confederacy   the South in the Civil War  
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confederation   a loose association of states who share a weak central government  
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Union   the North in the Civil War  
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Years of the Civil War   1861-1865  
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West Virginia   became a state in 1863 because it consisted of counties in a southern state that were opposed to slavery  
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border states   slave states – Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky, Missouri – that remained loyal to the Union; the secession of these states would have considerably strengthened the South  
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Ironclads   wooden ships with metal armor that were employed by both sides during the Civil War  
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King Cotton Diplomacy   southern war strategy that said Great Britain’s dependence on southern cotton would force Great Britain to recognize the Confederacy and help it fight the North  
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Anaconda Plan   Union strategy of blockading southern ports to prevent supplies from reaching the South  
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attrition   Union strategy of using its superior numbers to wear the South down over time  
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Vicksburg   Union victory that gave it control of the Mississippi River and thus divided the Confederacy in half  
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Gettysburg   Union victory in Pennsylvania that crippled the South’s offensive capabilities  
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“March to the Sea”   Union General William Sherman’s campaign that sought to break southern morale; destroyed everything in its path from Chattanooga to Savannah (including Atlanta)  
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Antietam   Union victory which resulted in British decision NOT to side with South; deadliest day in American history (22,000 killed)  
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contraband   property seized from the enemy; slaves were considered this  
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Confiscation Act 1861   allowed slaves to be seized by Northern army as contraband  
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Confiscation Act 1862   freed slaves of anyone engaged in rebellion against US and allowed president to use freed slaves in Union army  
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Emancipation Proclamation   Lincoln’s declaration of 1862 that freed all slaves in those states that were in rebellion (but not those in the border states)  
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Massachusetts 54th Regiment   most famous black regiment of the Civil War  
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Thirteenth Amendment   emancipated every slave in the United States  
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writ of habeas corpus   literally means “you shave have the body”; a judicial principle that states an accused person should be brought before a judge and informed of the charges against him or her  
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Conscription Act of 1863 (North)   declared all men 20-45 eligible for draft; could avoid if you found a substitute or you paid $300 fee  
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New York City Draft Riot   carried out by poor, mostly Irish-Americans; attacked blacks and rich whites in response to Conscription Act of 1863; 117 killed  
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Appomattox   place in Virginia where Robert E. Lee (South) officially surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant (North)  
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Ulysses S. Grant   Union general whose strategy of attrition won the war  
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Robert E. Lee   Confederate general whose tactical abilities won numerous battles for South early in the war  
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John Wilkes Booth   assassin of Abraham Lincoln  
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