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