Civil War Study Guide
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Causes of the War
1. Economic differences between the North and South
2. Views on slavery: North vs. South
3. Views on states’ rights: North vs. South
4. Missouri Compromise 1820
5. Compromise of 1850
6. Fugitive Slave Law
7. Kansas-Nebraska Act/Bleeding Kansas
8. Dred Scott v. Sanford Case
9. John Brown’s Raid on Harper’s Ferry
10. Lincoln-Douglas Debates
11. Election of 1860
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Major Battles
First Battle at Bull Run
Antietam
Gettysburg
Vicksburg
Sherman’s March to the Sea
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Turning Points
Emancipation Proclamation
Battle of Gettysburg
General Ulysses S. Grant taking command of the Union forces
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Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse
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Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
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The 13th Amendment
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Civil War Medicine