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| slave states that did not secede |
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| turning point of the war because The Union gained control of the Mississippi River and split the South in two, preventing them from getting supplies |
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| famous speech by Lincoln dedicating the battlefield as a national cemetary |
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| First Battle of Bull Run (Manassas) |
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| made it clear that the war would not end quickly |
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| Gen. Sherman's march to the sea |
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| burned & looted farms, ripped up railroads, cut telegraph wires in hopes that the 'total war' destruction would convince Confederate citizens to give up |
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| Emancipation Proclamation |
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| freed slaves in states that were in rebellion (Confederate states)and made the slavery issue a purpose for the war. |
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| a strategy used by NC to get goods and supplies from other countries |
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| a major importance of NC to the Confederacy |
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| NC contributed more soldiers than any other state |
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| start of of the Civil War |
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| First state to secede from the Union |
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| Founder of the American Red Cross |
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| site of Lee's surrender to Grant |
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| President of the Confederate States |
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| What was the purpose of the Anaconda Plan? |
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| to prevent the South from exporting cotton and importing supplies by setting up a blockade of Southern ports and taking control of the Missippi River |
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| What was the significance of the Battle of Antietam? |
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| It was the first major battle on Northern soil and was the bloodiest single-day battle. |
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| What caused South Carolina to be the first state to secede? |
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| Abraham Lincoln was elected president |
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| Why did Gov. Vance feel that the Confederacy did not adequately support NC? |
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| NC was the last state to secede and Vance had been a former Unionist |
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