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Habeas corpus
The right that no perseon can be held in prison without fist being charged with a specific crime
Inflation
A rise in prices and decrease in the value in money
Battle of Shiloh
an 1862 civil war battle in tennesee that ened in a union victory; on eof the bloddiest encounters in the civil war
Battle of Chancellorsville
an 1863 Civil War battle in Virginia; important victory for the confederacy
Battle of Fredericksburg
an 1862 Civil War battle in Virginia; one of the unions worst defeats
Battle of Vicksburg
The Siege of Vicksburg was the final major military action in the Vicksburg campaign of the American Civil War
Battle of Gettysburg
an 1863 Civil War battle in pennsyilvania that left morethan 50,000 soldiers dead or wounded; the confederates never invaded the north again
Battle of Antietam
an 1862 civil war battle in maryland; in the day-long battle, moretha 23,000 soldiers were killed or wounded
Appomattox Courthouse
Virginia town that was the site of the confederate surrender in 1865
The successful Union strategies for winning the Civil War.
used navy to blockade southern ports
aimed to seize Richmond, Virginia
planned to seize control of the Mississippi
The North’s one official goal at the start of the Civil War.
to fight to save and keep the union together
The effects of the Emancipation Proclamation.
It altered the ending for slavery and the goals of it
Where did Lee surrender to Grant, ending the Civil War
the Appomattox courthouse
Who served as a Confederate nurse during the Civil War?
Sally tompkins
After reelection, what was Lincoln’s major goal?
to try and fix up the nation
The President of the Confederacy.
Jefferson Davis
Why did Lincoln handle the slavery issue cautiously at the beginning of the war
he knew that the northerns did not like the slaves to have freedom and didnt wanted to anger the slave owners in the union
Who was the commander of the South?
Robert E. Lee
Name the commanders of the north?
Grant, William tecumseh sherman, george mclellan and joshua chamberlin
What plan did Grant have for ending the war?
Grant wanted to destroy the souths ability to fight, and to do this, he wanted the union army to destroy their food, equipment, and anything else they found that might be useful to the south
What was another name for the North?
The Union
What was another name for the South?
The Confederacy
What became clear in the early days of the Civil War?
They thought the war would end quick and end fast but it was long and costly
Identify the main Southern strength during the Civil War
Their genrals’s and leadership
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