3636251176 | Mary Chestnut | Confederate woman who kept records of aftermath of battles | 0 | |
3636251177 | Clara Barton | woman who helped nurse wounded soldiers on the battlefield | 1 | |
3636251178 | Geneva Convention | international treaty that would allow the Red Cross to help those wounded in battle | 2 | |
3636251179 | Napoleon III | Emperor of France who tried to take advantage of America's disorganized state by sending an attempt at expansion into Mexico | 3 | |
3636251180 | Maximilian | Man sent into Mexico by emperor of france | 4 | |
3636251181 | Charles Francis Adams | An American diplomat who, as ambassador during the Civil War. He helped to keep the British from recognizing the Confederacy. In the Trent affair, he was instrumental in averting hostilities between the two nations. | 5 | |
3636251182 | William H. Seward | extremist politician, was Lincoln's competitor for the Republican ballot | 6 | |
3636251183 | Edwin M. Stanton | Lincoln's Secretary of War | 7 | |
3636251184 | Jefferson Davis | President of the Confederate States of America | 8 | |
3636251185 | rag money | Southern term for the useless money printed from the banks because of its insane inflation | 9 | |
3636251186 | shoddy wool | inferior wool products sold by Northern manufacturers looking to earn profit | 10 | |
3636251187 | Morrill Tariff Act | 1861 law that increased tariffs duties to 10% | 11 | |
3636251188 | National Banking Act | Act that established a system of federal banks, allowing for a standard issue of currency | 12 | |
3636251189 | Trent | British warship that harbored Confederate military, sparking controversy | 13 | |
3636251190 | Laird rams | Two confederate warships being constructed in British shipyards, they were eventually seized by the British for British use to remain neutral in the Civil War. | 14 | |
3636251191 | cotton | main export of South | 15 | |
3636251192 | CSS Alabama | British warship used to aid the Confederates by looting and sinking many Union vessels | 16 | |
3636251193 | Fort Sumter and Fort Pickens | Two Union forts that were being threatened by the South | 17 | |
3636251194 | USS San Jacinto | American warship that sunk the Alabama | 18 | |
3636251195 | Butternut Region | area where an antislavery war would have been unpopular | 19 | |
3636251196 | conscription | the forced drafting of soldiers | 20 | |
3636251197 | bounty brokers | Those who enticed people to enlist by giving them a bonus sum of money | 21 | |
3636251198 | bounty jumpers | Those who took advantage of the bounty system by joining and deserting | 22 | |
3636251199 | habeas corpus | The right to know why you are being taken to court | 23 | |
3636251200 | Dominion of Canada | The loose confederation of Ontario (Upper Canada), Quebec (Lower Canada), Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, created by the British North America Act in 1867 | 24 | |
3636251201 | Homestead Act | Passed in 1862, it gave 160 acres of public land to any settler who would farm the land for five years. The settler would only have to pay a registration fee of $25. | 25 | |
3636251203 | sewing machine | invention that allowed for the mass production of uniforms | 26 | |
3636251204 | mechanical reapers | invention that allowed for the feeding of soldiers for the Union | 27 | |
3636251205 | petroleum | resource found in Pennsylvania | 28 | |
3636251206 | fifty-niners | name for those who rushed to Pennsylvania | 29 | |
3636251208 | Elizabeth Blackwell | organized US Sanitary Commission | 30 | |
3636251209 | Dorothea Dix | woman who helped transform nursing into a respected profession | 31 | |
3636251210 | Sally Tompkins | Southern woman who ran the Richmond infirmary | 32 | |
3636251212 | Robert E. Lee | Southern commander who led the entire Southern army | 33 | |
3636251213 | Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson | Southern commander who was a gifted tactical theorist | 34 | |
3636251214 | wheat, corn | two crops that allowed the North to overtake the South in agrarian goods | 35 | |
3636251215 | George McClellan | First commander of the Union army | 36 |
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