American Pageant Chapter 20 Flashcards
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| 5447054387 | Fort Sumter | 1st shots of the Civil War on April 12, 1861; the north surrendered after 36 hours; no one was killed in this battle | 0 | |
| 5447054390 | Richmond, VA | ends up to be the captial of the Confederacy | 1 | |
| 5447054392 | Billy Yank | nickname for a northern soldier | 2 | |
| 5447054393 | Johnny Reb | nickname for a southern soldier | 3 | |
| 5447054402 | $300 men | rich men who didn't want to fight could pay money to have these poorer men fight for them | 4 | |
| 5447054404 | Greenbacks | paper money that's not backed up in gold or silver. $450 million was not backed up and this unvalueable paper money was floating around America | 5 |