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Lesson 1: The Road To War; Slavery |
-Slavery was not the only cause of the war -Since slaves were the base of the Southern economy they wanted to keep them -South said slavery was not the cause of the war because they wanted a justification for their actions -slaves were 50% of the Southern population -few slaves in the North |
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Lesson 1: The Road To War; Sectionalism |
-wanted to preserve the Southern culture -the people wanted to preserve their individual and unique cultural ways -since the economy was different than the North’s, the South needed a way to preserve it |
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Lesson 1: The Road to War; State's Rights |
-many Southern States argue that states rights were the cause of the war -wanted rights for themselves to leave the Union -since they were not getting the rights they wanted from the Union they saw it best to break away -did not want to be over powered by a completely Northern government -wanted to be reliant on the people -leaving was defending the rights!!!! |
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Vocab: Fort Sumter |
The location on which Confederate soldiers opened fire on the Union, the Civil War began here. |
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Vocab: Battle of Bull Run |
The first major battle of the Civil War, fought not far from Washington D.C. Won by the Confederate army. |
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Vocab: Battle of Antietam |
The first major battle of the Civil War to be fought on Union land. The Union was the strategic winner. |
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Vocab: Emancipation Proclamation |
Document that freed slaves in states that were rebelling against the union during the Civil War. |
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Vocab: Gettysburg Adress |
Abraham Lincoln's speech which praised the Union army and gave them inspiration to win the war. |
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Vocab: General Robert E. Lee |
The leader of the Confederate army during the time of the Civil War. |
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Vocab: General Ulysses S. Grant |
The leader of the Union army during the time of the Civil War. |
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Vocab: Thirteenth Amendment |
The amendment added to the Constitution that outlawed slavery. |
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Vocab: Fourteenth Amendment |
The amendment that gave citizenship to all American citizens not including Native Americans. |
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Vocab: Fifteenth Amendment |
The Amendment that gave African American men the right to vote. |
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