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McGrath US Civil War

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show When you are loyal to one section or region of the country instead of to the whole  
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show the entire country (as a whole); or the North during the war  
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show The Southern states that seceded from the Union and formed their own country it was called this  
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Casualties   show
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Slave codes   show
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Cash crop   show
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Fugitive   show
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Secession   show
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show states that have slavery but remain with the Union (MD, DE, KY, MO)  
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show someone who wants to end slavery (either gradually or ASAP)  
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show war between people of the same country  
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show Using your ships to surround the enemy, cutting off supplies and trade (Ex: anaconda plan)  
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show to set free; freedom  
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show imaginary line between Pennsylvania and Maryland, separating slave from free states prior to the Civil War  
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Cottonocracy   show
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Underground Railroad   show
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show Strategy used in war to destroy the enemy's ability to wage warfare (ex: burning towns, crops, supplies, harming civilians)  
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show President of the Union; did not want slavery to extend into the territories  
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Jefferson Davis   show
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show ran against Lincoln for IL Senate 1858; he won; came up with pop. sov.  
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Frederick Douglass   show
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William Lloyd Garrison   show
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show main general for the CSA; considered the best;surrenders to Grant at the end of the war  
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General Ulysses S. Grant   show
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show Southern general; got his name from the Battle of Bull Run;killed by his own men on accident  
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General Sherman   show
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Harriet Beecher Stowe   show
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show slave that sued for his freedom but lost in famous Supreme Court case  
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show Cotton and rice  
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North vs South- population   show
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show North has more factories, railroads, and telegraphs; South has money in slaves and land  
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show solution to solve slavery debate; California becomes free state, Fugitive Slave Law  
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show part of the Compromise of 1850; says everyone in the US has to help catch runaway slaves or fined/jailed  
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Names for the Union   show
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show Confederacy, CSA, Rebels, Butternuts  
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Advantages of the North   show
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Disadvantages of the North   show
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show fighting to protect and defend their homeland and way of life; lots of soldiers have more experience riding horses and shooting guns; best generals  
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Disadvantages of the South   show
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show Blockade the South (anaconda plan) attack the South to bring them back into the Union  
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Strategy of the South   show
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show Washington, D.C.  
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show Richmond, Virginia  
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show Abe Lincoln  
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Prez of the South   show
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show novel written about slavery and how bad it was; author was Harriet Beecher Stowe  
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Lincoln-Douglas debates   show
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show Dred Scott sues for his freedom, arguing he lived in a free area with his master; supreme court says he is property and not a citizen  
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show Abe Lincoln wins; 4 candidates run for the office; causes South to secede after he's elected  
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show document by Lincoln; changes the meaning of the war; frees the slaves in the CSA (and not the border states)  
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Gettysburg Address   show
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show railroad, telegraph  
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