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5624785854William Sewardwas Lincoln's enemy; Lincoln put him in his cabinet to make friends with him; became secretary of state0
5624785855Fort Sumter1st shots of the war on April 12, 1861; the north surrendered after 36 hours; no one was killed in this battle1
5624785857submissionistsnickname to white southerners who wanted to side with the north2
5624785858Richmond, VAends up to be the captial of the Confederacy3
5624785859Butternut Regionsouthern part of the north, sympathetic to the south4
5624785860Billy Yanknorthern soldier5
5624785861Johnny Rebsouthern soldier6
5624785863King Wheat and King CornEurope began to need food instead of cotton; the North had what they needed7
5624785865Alabamaship that escaped to the Portuguese Azores and got weapons; Britain was the chief naval base for the Condeferacy, sunk northern ships, made in Britain, and sunk in France8
5624785867MaximillianFrenchman who took over Mexico in 1863, ignored Monroe Doctrine, Mexico overthrew him9
5624785869Limits on civil liberties1. Proclaimed blockade of southern ports. 2. Ordered to increase army 3. Spent unapproved money on weapons 4. Suspended Habeus Corpus 5. Supervised Voting 6. Suspended newspaper10
5624785870$300 menrich men who didn't want to fight could pay money to have these poorer men fight for them11
5624785871Morrill Acthighest tariff in history, no southerners were in congress to keep it lower12
5624785872Greenbacksmoney that's not worth i, $450 million was not backed up and this unvalueable paper money was floating around America13
5624785874shoddy millionairespeople in the north who made cheap war materials for more money14
5624785875Elizabeth Blackwell1st female physician who started the U.S. Sanitary commission.15
5624785876Clara Bartonmost famous nurse from Civil War; will alter start the Red Cross16
5624785877Dorothea Dixhead nurse of all nurses in Union Army17
5624785878Sally Tompkinsmost famous southern nurse, became a Captain in Confederate Army18
5624785879Charles Francis AdamsUnion ambassador in England; kept England from helping the South19
5684163297arbitrationThe settling of disputes (especially labor disputes) between two parties by an impartial third party, whose decision the contending parties agree to accept.20
5684175752profiteermake or seek to make an excessive or unfair profit, especially illegally or in a black market.21
5684181897Edwin Stantonsecretary of war during civil war who was lenient to the south during reconstruction22
5684186864Jefferson DavisPresident of the Confederate States of America23
5684186865Trent AffairU.S. navy illegally captured two Confederate diplomats from a British ship; the UK protested24
5684191398Draft Riotsclass tensions between rich and poor because only some could dodge the draft25
5684194484Napoleon IIIemperor of France 1852-1870 with sympathies to the South26
5684199043Coal oil Johnniespioneers pushing westward for oil plutocracy27
5684199044wage slavespeople working for unfair compensation in factories28
5684203261cotton famineshortage of cotton due to Union blockade29
5684206065invasions of canadaConfederates attempted to set up base in Canada due to strategic location???30
5684211194writ of habeas corpusLincoln suspended this, allowing holding of people in jail without trial, increased size of military, and shut down newspapers in the capital that were critical of the government31
5684217225bounty brokers/jumperspeople who would persuade men to enlist by giving a sum of money/ attempted to make profit off of conscription32
568421722659ersgold seekers in western kansas and southwestern nebraska33
5684221580Homestead Act of 1862Offered large tracts of land at low prices to encourage westward settlement34
5684226602government girlscivil war version of rosie the riveter35
5684226603plutocracygovernment of the wealthy36

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