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American Pageant 13th Edition Chapter 20

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48787878Jefferson DavisFirst and only president of the Confederate States of America
48787879Fort SumterThis fort in Charleston was fired upon by Carolinians in 1861
48787880Richmond, VirginiaThe new capital of the Confederacy
48787881Border StatesThese were the northernmost slave states that did not secede
48787882FalseTrue or False: The Battle of Fort Sumter did not cause any states to secede
48787987TrueTrue or False: Lincoln's goal for the civil war was to preserve the union, not end slavery
48788130Robert E. LeeThis confederate general was seen as an unstoppable force and was a tactical genius
48788131Thomas JacksonThis man was Robert E. Lee's chief lieutenant for much of the war. Some nicknamed him "Stonewall"
48788266The economyThis was the Union's greatest strength and the Confederacy's greatest weakness
48788364Army of the PotomacThe Union army commanded by McClellan and others to squash the Confederacy
48788471Uncle Tom's CabinThis item prevented Britain and France from intervening in the war and helping the south
48788472Harriet Beecher StoweThis woman wrote the incendiary novel "Uncle Tom's Cabin"
48788536Trent AffairThe incident in which a Union warship stopped a British steamer, the Trent, and removed two Confederate diplomats bound for Europe
48789074MaximilianThis man was made the emperor of Mexico by Napoleon III
48789075ConscriptionThis nationwide law of 1863 required young men to enlist in the army
48831973Morill TariffThis tariff was passed once all the southern congressmen who opposed it had seceded
48831974GreenbacksThe name of the paper money used during war time
48831975National Banking ActThis act was passed to establish a standard bank-note currency
48831976Fifty-NinersThese were the men who rushed to Pennsylvania once oil was discovered there
48831977Homestead ActThis act, enacted in 1862, gave out free land to those who would settle it, improve it, and grow crops.
48831978Elizabeth BlackwellThis woman was the first physician and organized the U.S. Sanitary Commission to assist the Union
48831979New YorkIn which state did notable draft riots occur in?

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