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5809458166William Sewardwas Lincoln's enemy; Lincoln put him in his cabinet to make friends with him; became secretary of state0
5809458167Fort Sumter1st shots of the war on April 12, 1861; the north surrendered after 36 hours; no one was killed in this battle1
5809458168Winfield Scottfirst union commander, forced to retire because he was so old; created anaconda plan2
5809458169submissionistsnickname to white southerners who wanted to side with the north3
5809458170Richmond, VAends up to be the captial of the Confederacy4
5809458171Butternut Regionsouthern part of the north, sympathetic to the south5
5809458172Billy Yanknorthern soldier6
5809458173Johnny Rebsouthern soldier7
5809458174Sen. John Crittendenfrom KY; replaced Henry Clay; his sons split between north and south and he came up with the compromise to bring back Missouri Compromise at 36-30 line, Lincoln did not like this idea8
5809458175King Wheat and King CornEurope began to need food instead of cotton; the North had what they needed9
5809458176Trent Affair1861; a Union warship stopped a British mailship and demanded for 2 confederate diplomats bound for Europe; caused an uproar and almost caused the British to side with the south10
5809458177Alabamaship 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 France11
5809458178Laird RamsBritish iron ships that were going to be sold to the Confederacy, they ended up not selling them because the north threatened to bring Britain into the war12
5809458180Gov. Joseph BrownOpposed Jefferson Davis, put Georgia first13
5809458181Limits 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 newspaper14
5809458182$300 menrich men who didn't want to fight could pay money to have these poorer men fight for them15
5809458183Morrill Acthighest tariff in history, no southerners were in congress to keep it lower16
5809458184Greenbacksmoney that's not worth i, $450 million was not backed up and this unvalueable paper money was floating around America17
5809458185Jay Cookesold government war bonds18
5809458186shoddy millionairespeople in the north who made cheap war materials for more money19
5809458187Elizabeth Blackwell1st female physician who started the U.S. Sanitary commission.20
5809458188Clara Bartonmost famous nurse from Civil War; will alter start the Red Cross21
5809458189Dorothea Dixhead nurse of all nurses in Union Army22
5809458190Sally Tompkinsmost famous southern nurse, became a Captain in Confederate Army23
5809458191Charles Francis AdamsUnion ambassador in England; kept England from helping the South24

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