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Sociology
6th Grade
01/13/2010
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Term

Cotton Diplomacy

 

 Definition
Great Britain would support the confederated, because they needed the raw cotton
Term
Border States
 Definition
delaware, kentucky, maryland, and missouri- slave states stayed loyal to union
Term
thomas 'stonewall' jackson
 Definition
stood there like a stone wall- confederate leader
Term
the first battle of bull run
 Definition
sparked the civil war
Term
George b mcClellan
 Definition
union leader- disiplined army
Term
battle of antietam 
 Definition
bloodiest single day war
Term
ironclads
 Definition
ships heavily armored with iron
Term
ulysses s grant
 Definition
 union army leader
Term
david farragut
 Definition
UNION
Term
george pickett
 Definition
commanded largest unit... confederate
Term
pickett charge
 Definition
15,000 mean marched up to cemetry ridge
Term
william tecuseh sherman
 Definition
carried put plan to destroy souths economy
Term
appomattox courthouse
 Definition
lee surrendered to grant
Term
north's strengths
 Definition

  1. railroad junctions
  2. food
  3. war supply
Term
souths strengths
 Definition

  1. defensive war
  2. familiar terain
  3. friendly pop.
Term
north's weaknesses
 Definition

  1. foreign terain
  2. fighting offensive
  3. not as talented officers
  4. many immigrants
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souths weaknesses
 Definition

  1. english supported north
  2. small food crops
  3. poor transportation

 
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