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The act of setting slaves free from bondage
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The last name of the Republican president who guided the US through the Civil War
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A person who advocated for the end of slavery
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The deadliest battle of the Civil War until the massacre at Gettysburg in 1863
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The withdrawal of Southern states from the United States, leading to the Civil War
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The side that fought to preserve the United States during the Civil War
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The siege at this city allowed the US to gain control of the Mississippi River and divide the Confederacy in two
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A conflict between two groups of citizens in one country
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The Union devised a three step plan to defeat the Confederates during the Civil War, known as the __________ Plan
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Step one of the Anaconda Plan required the Union to _________ all Southern ports to prevent goods and supplies from coming in or out of the Confederacy.
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Improved _______________ created new, deadlier weapons that allowed the North and South to kill each other easier
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All Southern states who seceded cited the preservation of ________ as the main cause of their rebellion
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The Southern states that seceded from the Union in 1861 and fought to preserve slavery
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The very first battle of the Civil War that was won by the Confederacy
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There were four _______ states during the war, and these were four states that practiced slavery but remained loyal to the Union
