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The 11 secessionist slave-holding Southern states who attempted to leave the Union after Lincoln's election in 1860
The 1st shots of civil war happened here when Confederates fired on the Union-held fort in South Carolina
the first major battle of the Civil War; the South was victorious
Bloodiest single-day battle in American history- 23,000 casualties.
A famous speech by President Lincoln on the meaning of the Civil War
Proclamation issued by Lincoln, freeing all slaves in areas still at war with the Union.
The withdrawal from the Union by Southern states after the 1860 election of Abraham Lincoln.
Someone who wishes to abolish or get rid of slavery.
A metal blade, like a long knife or short sword, that could be attached to the end of a musket or rifle-musket and used as a spear or pike in hand-to-hand combat.
Escaped slaves who fled to the Union lines for protection.
The standard infantry bullet of the Civil War.
McClellan ran for president as this on a platform for peace against Lincoln but was defeated.
Bloody battle shows that the North will do whatever it takes to preserve the Union.
The line drawn around a military prison outside of which prisoners were liable to be shot.
American author and daughter of Lyman Beecher, she was an abolitionist and author of the famous anti-slavery novel, Uncle Tom's Cabin.
American politician and pro-slavery nominee for president, he debated Abraham Lincoln about slavery during the Illinois senatorial race.
Sixteenth president of the United States, he promoted equal rights for African Americans in the famed Lincoln-Douglas debates.
Eighteenth president of the United States, he recieved a field promotion to lieutenant general in charge of all Union forces after leading a sucessful battle.
Formally withdrawing from the Union.
Confederate efforts to use the importance of southern cotton to Britain's textile industry to persuade the British to support the Confederacy during thr Civil War.

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