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Why did some White Abolitionists and black people not like Lincoln?
He was hypocritical and racist
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Why did some black leaders support disunion?
They thought slavery and freedom could not coexist.
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What was the first state to secede?
South Carolina
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Which states seceded after South Carolina?
GA, FL, AL, MS, LA and TX followed
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Where were the Confederate States of America (CAS) formed?
Montgomery, Alabama
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Who was the president of the CSA
Jefferson Davis
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What does "Secession" mean?
To leave the union
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Why did the South resist Linclon's preserving of the Union?
They were too dependent on slavery
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What did Northern Moderates want?
preserve the union
keep their economic, social, and political stability
keep their economic, social, and political stability
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What did abolitionists criticize Northern Moderates for?
being too lenient on slavery
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What were the core beliefs of Mississippi Secessionists
to protect slavery and have it continue
that states had the right to leave the Union and form their own nation-states
that states had the right to leave the Union and form their own nation-states
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What were the Key Fears of the Mississippi Secessionists
that free slaves would outnumber slave states
that they would lose money and property
that they would lose money and property
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What were the goals of the Mississippi Secessionists
to protect and expand the institution of slavery
and preserve states' rights
and preserve states' rights
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Key arguments and motivations of Border State Unionists?
preserving the union
to have Economic ties to the North
distrust of confederate leadership
to have Economic ties to the North
distrust of confederate leadership
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Concerns and fears of Border State Unionists
- federal overreach
- confederate invasions
- racial tensions
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Goals of Border State Unionists
- to remain in the Union
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Core beliefs of Border State Unionists
- union above all
- gradualism over radicalism
- states' rights (but not secession)
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Georgia Secessionists' Beliefs
- that they had the right to secede
- that they had to protect slavery - the Defense of the Social Order
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What were Georgia Secessionists worried about
they were worried about the future of slavery and the North interfering in Southern Business
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What were Southerners scared that Lincoln would do
that Lincoln would change the way they life
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What did Lincoln say?
"we're not enemies, we're friends"
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What was the Southern Economy heavily dependent on?
Slave labor
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What were the 2 primary issues of the time?
States' rights and slavery
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What did many Border State Slaveholders like?
they liked how the economy was when it was based around slavery
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What did some Border State Unionists like also?
Some still wanted "national unity"
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What did the government force Border States to do over time?
End slavery
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What were Moderate Southerners concerned about
many of them were concerned about war and supported the Union to some extent
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What caused South Carolina's secession?
They believed that non-slave holding states encouraged slaves to leave their homes
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What were the consequences of South Carolina's secession
- reconstruction
- lots of slave labor
- lots of slave labor
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Why did Northern Abolitionists go against slavery
they had moral and religious opposition
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What was the Supreme Court's decision on Secession?
they ruled the states who wanted to leave as Confederate states, they never legally left the Union
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what did the preliminary emancipation proclamation do?
announced that on January 1, 1863, all enslaved people in states still in rebellion against the Union would be declared free
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Who was the commanding officer of the 54th Regiment
Colonel Robert Gould Shaw
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Where did General Lee surrender to Grant at
Appomattox Courthouse
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Where did the Civil War begin
Fort Sunter, Charleston, SC
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who was robert e lee
he was a confederate general during the Civil War
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what was the reason for the Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation
the union had won a major victory at Antietam
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who established the 54th Massachusetts Regiment
Governor Andrew
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What did a person with 20 or more slaves NOT have to do
they did not have to serve in the Confederate Army
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What did Jefferson Davis disagree with
He disagreed with Southern Leaders and their idea that it was necessary to save the South
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What did General Robert E. Lee endorse
using black soldiers
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