STC Ch. 14 American Civil War Flashcard

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Why did Union soldiers feel that it was so important to defend the Union?

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They feared that if a minority could dissolve part of the country whenever they lost a fair and open election, then this great experiment would collapse. The Union represented the best hope for human rights. If the Union dissolved, it would mean that a democratic people could not govern themselves.

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This battle was the first major battle on Union soil and remains the bloodiest single day in American history:

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Antietam

Front

What applies to the Battle of Gettysburg?

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Forced Gen. Lee to retreat from Pennsylvania

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What was the term for radical southerners who promoted secession as early as 1850?

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Fire-eaters

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Confederate Vice President Alexander Stephen’s influential “Cornerstone Speech” declared that the cornerstone of the Confederacy rests _______________.

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upon the great truth that the negro is not equal to the white man; that slavery… is his natural and normal condition

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In the year 1861, all runaway slaves who made it to the North were free.

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False

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Which event directly led to the secession of several Southern states from the Union? Options: The Dred Scott Decision, The publication of "Uncle Tom's Cabin", The election of Abraham Lincoln in 1860, The Battle of Fort Sumter

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The election of Abraham Lincoln in 1860