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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Lincoln | In his inaugural, Lincoln promised to leave slavery intact in the South, to _________ the Union, & keep the federal government from attacking the South. |
| Preserve | president Lincoln's main goal when he took office in 1861 was to ________ the Union. |
| United | Lincoln's inaugural address was influenced by the Declaration of Inependence based his address on the idea that the success of the nation depends on its being __________. |
| South | The ____ responded to Lincoln's inaugural address by ignoring Lincoln's call for unity. |
| Fort Sumter | The beginning of the Civil War was marked by Confederate guns firing on ____ ______. |
| Winfield Scott | Union General ____ ___'s strategy for winning the Civil War included employing a naval blockade of southern ports & gaining control of the Mississippi River and dividing the Confederacy. |
| volunteers | The Union and Confederate armies built up their troops relying on help from ____ to serve in the army. |
| Union | The significance of the First Battle of Bull Run was the shattering of the ____'s hopes of winning the war quickly and easily. |
| Robert E Lee | _____ __ _____ decided to lead the Confederate Army, although he opposed slavery and secession because he was born in the South and felt he needed to remain loyal to his birthplace. |
| Virginia | The Second Battle of Bull Run forced most of the Union troops out of ____. |
| Antietam | The Battle of ____'s significance was the shifting of control of the Civil War from the South to the North. |
| Union | The ____ found it difficult to maintain the naval blockade to control southern ports because it had to patrol thousands of miles of coastline. |
| warships | The feature that made new ________ developed by the dangerous to the Union Navy was their heavily armored think of miles plating. |
| warships | The significance of the development of new ____ by the North and South was the end of the use of wooden ___ powered by sails and winds. |
| Europe | The Battle of Antietam affected the Confederacy's relationship with ____ because ____ decided not to aid the confederate war effort. |
| Emancipation Proclamation | The ____ ____ was order from Lincoln calling for all Confederate slaves to be free. |
| Lincoln | The principle from the Declaration of Independence that ____ based the Emancipation Proclamation on was the principle that all men are created equal. |
| northern Democrats | _____ ________ felt Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation went beyond the purpose of the Civil War. |
| Battle of Antietam | Lincoln waited until after the Union victory at the _____ __ _______ before announcing the Emancipation Proclamation because he wanted the Union to be in a position of strength. |
| Copperheads | The northern Democrats known as _______ opposed the draft because they felt the draft forced white men to fight for the sake of African Americans in the South. |
| Prisoners of war | ______ __ ____ were often held without shelter and given little food. |
| North and South | Life changed for civilians in both the ____ ___ ____ during the Civil War in the many civilians incapable of serving in the war had to take over the jobs left vacant by soldiers in the war. |
| women | During the Civil War many ____ provided medical care for the injured soldiers in the war. |
| African American soldiers | ______ ______ ______ in the war were often killed or sold into slavery if captured by the Confederacy, while white soldiers were simply held as prisoners of war. |
| trial or evidence | Lincoln employed the practice of ignoring the right that protected against unlawful imprisonment by jailing enemies of the Union without _____ __ ________. |
| Northerners | Many ______ began opposing the Civil War because they were upset with the length of the war and the number of casualties. |
| The 54th Massachusetts Infantry | __ ____ ______ _____ was an African American unit in the Civil War that played a key role in the attack of Fort Wagner in South Carolina. |
| Gettysburg Address | The purpose of Lincoln's ______ ______ was to remind Americans of the reasons that the Civil War was being fought. |
| 1864 | In _____ Lincoln proposed rewarding African American soldiers who had served the Union Army by suggesting granting them the right to vote. |
| liberty, equality, and democracy | Lincoln's Gettysburg Address reflected the ideas that were introduced in the Declaration of Independence because Lincoln spoke of the importance of valuing _____, ______ and _______. |
| Little Round Top | The advantage the North had over the south in the Battle of gettysburg was the North controlled_____ _____ ____, which gave them a better position than the South. |
| Battle of Gettysburg | The ______ ___ ______ was a turning point in the civil War because it marked the first time northerners believed that the war could be won. |
| General William Tecumseh Sherman | ____ ____ _____ _____ succeeded in destroying southern railroads and industries by capturing Atlanta. |
| Appomattox Courthouse | General Lee decided to surrender his troops at _____ _____ because the Union has surrounded his troops and he ran out of supplies. |
| African Americans | Life for _____ in the South changed after the Civil War because many African Americans were now free because of the Emancipation Proclamation. |
| Union's capture | The ______ ______ of Atlanta contributed to Lincoln's reelection because it convinced Union voters that the North was making progress in the war. |
| Confederacy's relationship | The Battle of Antietam affected the _____ _____ with Europe because Europe decided not to aid the Confederate war effort. |
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