Civil War Vocabulary List

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A war between different groups of people from the same country is called _________.

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Civil War

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The 16th President of the United States who was the Commander-in-Chief of the Union Army during the Civil War, and was responsible for the Emancipation Proclamation and the Gettysburg Address was _________.

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Abraham Lincoln

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The President of the Confederate States who was the Commander-in-Chief of the Confederate Army during the Civil War was _________.

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Jefferson Davis

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Another name for The United States of America during the Civil War, which consisted of 24 northern states that remained loyal to the federal government, is _________.

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Union

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Another name for The Confederate States of America during the Civil War, which consisted of 11 southern states that seceded from the Union and formed their own country, is _________.

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Confederacy

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The U.S. military fort that was attacked by the Confederates to start the Civil War was _________.

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Fort Sumter

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The states of Delaware, Kentucky, Maryland, and Missouri that permitted slavery but remained in the Union are called _________.

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Border States

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The Union military strategy to form a blockade around southern states to hurt their economy, gain control of the Mississippi River to divide the South into two parts, and capture the Confederate capital in Richmond was called the _________?

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Anaconda Plan

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The Confederacy’s refusal to trade its cotton with European countries unless they supported the South in the Civil War is known as _________?

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Cotton Diplomacy

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Confederate general known for strategic skill and key role in victories at First Battle of Bull Run and Battle of Chancellorsville.

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Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson