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- 5. president of the confederacy. Led the southern states during the war.
- 7. 16th president of the u.s. Led the union during the civil war & issued the emancipation proclamation
- 8. 1820 agreement balancing free & slave states. Tried to prevent conflict but eventually failed.
- 9. major battle in the 1863 in Penns iuania. Union victory ended confederate inuasion of the north
- 12. larg forms using slave labor for crops like cotton. It caused tension between North & South over slavery.
- 13. over a million soliders were _______ during the civil war.
- 15. states loyal to the US governemnt. Fought to perserue the union & end slavery.
- 17. Armored warships used during the war. changed naval warfaire with ships like the USS moniter & CSS virginia
- 18. This was a pivotal 3 day battle in the American civil war which ended in a union victory.
- 19. Gained revelance during the civil war as union forces sometimes quartered troops in private residences.
- 20. Federal fort in south carolina. Site of the first shots of the civil war in April 1861.
- 21. the union (the united sates) won the american civil war. war ended in April 1865 when confederate general Robert E. Lee surrended\red to union geneeral Ulysses S. Grant.
- 22. During the civil war, both union & confederate soliders used various symbols to identify themselves & their cause.
- 23. 1858 debates over slavery & politics. Gave Lincon national attention & highlighted divisions over slavery.
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- 1. Formal declaration by to leave the union. Used by southern states to justify secession.
- 2. 1863 decree by Lincoln freeing slaves in confederate states
- 3. mandatory enlistment into army. Used by both the union & confederacy to fill the army ranks
- 4. American abolitionist & activist. After she escaped slavery, they made 13 missions where she rescued about 70 enslaved people.
- 6. confederate general who led the army of Northern Virginia. Known for his efforts to restore peace & harmony after the war promting unity.
- 10. 1854 law allowing populars savereignty on slavery. Increased tension leading to the civil war.
- 11. the official name of the south. It incorperated the states that had seceded the US to for their own nation
- 14. A religious group known for their pacifist beleifs. Religious group against slavery.
- 16. union general & later president. Led the union victory over the confederacy.
