Early Civil War Vocab

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The Confederate attack on _____________ officially started the Civil War.

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Fort Sumter

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A war of attrition is

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a strategy that extends the war until the other side quits.

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Main military leader of the Confederacy and commander of the Army of Northern Virginia.

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Robert E. Lee

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Confederate capital was in _____________.

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Richmond, Virginia

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President of the C.S.A:

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Jefferson Davis

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Most fighting in the Civil War occurred in the Border States.

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Border States

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Some slave states fought for the Union.

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TRUE - The "border states" in the Union could keep their slaves.

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Union's original strategy to defeat the South

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The Anaconda Plan

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Southern states became the C.S.A. This stands for...

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Confederate States of America

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Confederates hoped early victories would convince ______________ and ________________ to join the war.

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France and England