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| what was a major significance of the presidential election of 1864 |
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| voters showed their approval of lincolns stand against slavery |
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| list 3 advantages of the north |
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1. more railroads
2. more money
3. stable government
4. more people |
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| grant's victory at vicksburg did what to the confederacy |
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| cut the confederacy in two |
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| the battle of antietam denied robert e lee a chance to |
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| win a battle on union soil |
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| during the early part of the war, lincolns main goal was to |
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| what was the souths main war strategy |
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| seeking foreign aid from england and france |
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| grants successful strategy for taking vicksburg involved |
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| passage of the thirteenth amendment showed that congress accepted |
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| lincolns stand against slavery |
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| the reelection of president lincoln in 1864 showed that most northern voters |
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| approved his stand against slavery |
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| lee crossed into pennsylvania because he wanted a |
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| if grants army could gain control of the mississippi river, the confederacy would be |
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| the emancipation proclamation had the effect of |
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| encouraging african americans to serve in the union army |
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| grant and sherman followed the same general strategy, which called for |
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| during the civil war, the republican-controlled congress |
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| passed a law calling for the construction of a railroad line from nebraska to the pacific |
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| george mcclellan said that if he were elected president in 1864, he would |
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| negotiate an end to the war |
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| the first battle of bull run and the battle of shiloh proved that the |
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| war would be long and difficult |
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| the single greatest cause of death of confederate and union soldiers was |
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| lincoln urged general mcclellan to attack the confederate capital of |
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| what was the first major battle of the civil war |
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| the first battle of bull run |
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| the emancipation proclamation freed |
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| enslaved people living in the united states |
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| battles in the west took place mainly |
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| one of the major hardships faced by the confederacy during the war was |
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| what was one advantage of the south |
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| they had a large amount of people that were trained at military schools |
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| after lee was unable to save richmond or unite with johnston, he |
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| lincoln gained much-needed voter support in the 1864 election after |
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| general lee marched his troops into pennsylvania because he |
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| hoped to win a victory on union soil |
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| what caused president lincoln to become dissatisfied with general mcclellans command |
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| he thought mcclellan was too slow to take action |
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| in the gettysberg address, lincoln |
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| promised the nation a new birth of freedom |
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| during the civil war, the south hoped to |
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| convince britain and france to intervene on the confederate side |
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| at fords theatre on april 14, 1865, |
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| name the 3 rivers that were strategically important for the control of commerce and troops in the confederacy |
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| the mississippi, the tennessee, and the cumberland |
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| what two confederate strongholds on the mississippi river did commodore farragut and his union sailors capture |
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| new orleans and port hudson |
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| what was the significance of the battle between the monitor and the merrimack |
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| wooden ships became obsolete |
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| what did the south do to try and gain the aid of britain |
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| used their cotton sales as an incentive to gain their aid |
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| what did britain do when the south withheld their cotton |
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| they started buying cotton from other countries |
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| why was July 4, 1863 was so special |
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| slaves were able to celebrate independence day as free people for the first time |
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| what were the 3 elements of the anaconda plan |
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1. put a naval blockade on the south
2. capture the capital, richmond
3. gain control of the mississippi river and split the south in two |
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