Civil War Vocab/North and South Flashcard

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In the Civil War, the Union was the ___ and the Confederacy was the ___

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North; South

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States that left the U.S. ___ from the Union.

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seceded

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11 Confederate States. Which wasn't one? Tennessee, Georgia, Kentucky.

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Kentucky

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Soldiers on foot are called

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infantry.

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Original dividing line between North and South:

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Mason/Dixon Line

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Border states were slave states that never seceded.

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were slave states that never seceded.

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Union's war strategy

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The Anaconda plan - surround then divide and conquer

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Grant's strategy at Vicksburg involved laying siege. What does this mean?

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To surround in order to starve them out.

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To attack the enemy and make it impossible to keep fighting is called

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total war.