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2790284281William Sewardwas Lincoln's enemy; Lincoln put him in his cabinet to make friends with him; became secretary of state0
2790284282Fort Sumter1st shots of the war on April 12, 1861; the north surrendered after 36 hours; no one was killed in this battle1
2790284283Winfield Scottfirst union commander, forced to retire because he was so old; created anaconda plan2
2790284284submissionistsnickname to white southerners who wanted to side with the north3
2790284285Richmond, VAends up to be the captial of the Confederacy4
2790284286Butternut Regionsouthern part of the north, sympathetic to the south5
2790284287Billy Yanknorthern soldier6
2790284288Johnny Rebsouthern soldier7
2790284289Sen. 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
2790284290King Wheat and King CornEurope began to need food instead of cotton; the North had what they needed9
2790284291Trent 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
2790284292Alabamaship 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
2790284293Laird 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
2790284294MaximillianFrenchman who took over Mexico in 1863, ignored Monroe Doctrine, Mexico overthrew him13
2790284295Gov. Joseph BrownOpposed Jefferson Davis, put Georgia first14
2790284296Limits 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 newspaper15
2790284297$300 menrich men who didn't want to fight could pay money to have these poorer men fight for them16
2790284298Morrill Acthighest tariff in history, no southerners were in congress to keep it lower17
2790284299Greenbacksmoney that's not worth i, $450 million was not backed up and this unvalueable paper money was floating around America18
2790284300Jay Cookesold government war bonds19
2790284301shoddy millionairespeople in the north who made cheap war materials for more money20
2790284302Elizabeth Blackwell1st female physician who started the U.S. Sanitary commission.21
2790284303Clara Bartonmost famous nurse from Civil War; will alter start the Red Cross22
2790284304Dorothea Dixhead nurse of all nurses in Union Army23
2790284305Sally Tompkinsmost famous southern nurse, became a Captain in Confederate Army24
2790284306Charles Francis AdamsUnion ambassador in England; kept England from helping the South25

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