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Flashcards by Ruby Jenkins, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Ruby Jenkins
over 7 years ago
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| Question | Answer |
| ANACONDA PLAN | MILITARY PLAN TO “STRANGLE” THE SOUTH WITH A NAVAL BLOCKADE OF SOUTHERN PORTS, SEIZE CONTROL OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER, AND DIVIDE THE CONFEDERACY IN TWO; MEANT TO LESSEN ACTUAL BLOODSHED |
| NORTH & SOUTH ADVANTAGES/DISADVANTAGES | NORTH – LARGER POPULATION, MORE INDUSTRIALIZED ABILITY TO PRODUCE MORE WEAPONS/AMMUNITION SOUTH – FIGHTING TO CONTINUE THEIR WAY OF LIFE, MANY GIFTED MILITARY COMMANDERS (EX: ROBERT E. LEE AND STONEWALL JACKSON) |
| SECTIONALISM | GREATER LOYALTY THEIR “SECTION” (REGION OF THE COUNTRY) THAN TO THE UNITED STATES AS A WHOLE |
| LINCOLN | 1) 16TH PRESIDENT (REPUBLICAN) 2) WHEN HE WAS ELECTED, SOUTH CAROLINA SECEDED (LEFT THE UNION) AND OTHER STATES FOLLOWED 3) ASSASSINATED BY JOHN WILKES BOOTH ONE WEEK AFTER THE CONFEDERACY SURRENDERED |
| KANSAS-NEBRASKA ACT (1854) | 1) ACT DIVIDED THE NEBRASKA TERRITORY INTO KANSAS & NEBRASKA 2) “POPULAR SOVEREIGNTY” – CAN VOTE WHETHER TO BE SLAVE OR FREE AREAS 3) REPUBLICAN PARTY FORMED IN RESPONSE TO THIS ACT – REPUBLICANS WANTED TO STOP THE GROWTH OF SLAVE AREAS |
| EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION | LINCOLN ANNOUNCED THAT ALL SLAVES IN STATES FIGHTING AGAINST THE UNION WOULD BE FREED |
| GETTYSBURG ADDRESS | 1) LINCOLN WROTE GETTYSBURG ADDRESS TO HONOR UNION LOSSES IN THIS BATTLE 2) FOCUS OF SPEECH - KEEPING THE UNION TOGETHER |
| JEFFERSON DAVIS | PRESIDENT OF THE CONFEDERACY |
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