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As the war dragged on, both sides resorted to using the _________, in an effort to make sure they had enough soldiers.
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Draft
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In an act of desperation at the Battle of Gettysburg, the Confederate soldiers marched straight to the center of the Union troops, a tactic that was nicknamed ______________.
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Pickett's Charge
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The Union gained control of the Mississippi River following their victory at the Battle of ________________.
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Vicksburg
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____________, the largest city in the Confederate States of America, was burned to the ground during Sherman's March to the Sea.
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Atlanta
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Confederate troops proved their relentlessness by continuing to fight back and winning the Battle of __________, the first major battle of the war.
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Bull Run
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___________ was the general for the Confederacy.
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Robert E. Lee
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The bloodiest single day of the Civil War took place at the Battle of ____________.
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Antietam
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States that had slavery, but stayed with the Union, were known as __________.
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Border States
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The border state of __________ was important because it gave the Union control of the Ohio River.
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Kentucky
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The border state of __________ was important because it was located close to Philadelphia, a major city in the Union.
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Delaware
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The border state of __________ was important because it was located near Richmond, and helped to protect Washington, D.C..
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Maryland
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The border state of __________ was important because it gave the Union access to the Mississippi River.
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Missouri
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The President of the Confederate States of America was ________.
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Jefferson Davis
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Many northerners enlisted in the Union army following the ____________, which changed the goal of the war to be about ending slavery.
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Emancipation Proclamation
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___________, who was nicknamed Butcher and Unconditional Surrender, was the general for the Union.
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Ulysses S. Grant
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The Battle of ___________ is considered the turning point of the war because the Confederate loss made it known they wouldn't get any support from England or France.
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Gettysburg
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To end the war quickly, the Union began to destroy the whole south, not just the soldiers, in a tactic known as __________.
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Total War
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Lincoln convinced northerners to continue supporting the war in the _______________, by claiming it was the job of the living to finish what the dead soldiers had started.
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Gettysburg Address
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The Civil War officially ended when Lee and Grant signed a peace treaty in ___________, Virginia.
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Appomattox Court House
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Due to his determination in the Battle of Bull Run, General Thomas Jackson became known as ___________ Jackson.
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Stonewall
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The first shots of the Civil War were fired at ___________.
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Fort Sumter
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The capital of the Confederate States of America was _________.
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Richmond
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According the ___________ decision by our Supreme Court, even free slaves couldn't be citizens.
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Dred Scott
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Maine was created as a free state, and Missouri a slave state in the ____________.
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Missouri Compromise
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The ___________ added California as a free state, set up the Fugitive Slave Act, and outlawed slave trading in Washington D.C.
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Compromise of 1850
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John Brown killed five pro-slavery people following the vote to allow slavery in Kansas, in an event known as ____________.
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Bleeding Kansas
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Many slaves escaped towards the north and freedom using the _______, a network of secret hiding places and homes.
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Underground Railroad
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Who was the President of the Union?
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Abraham Lincoln
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The Kansas-Nebraska Act allowed for people in territories to vote on whether or not to allow slavery, which is known as ____________. Popular Sovereignty
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Popular Sovereignty
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