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Federal fort in the harbor of Charleston, South Carolina; the confederate attack on the fort marked the start of the Civil War

Worst prisoner camp in the Civil War, located in Georgia. Disease killed hundreds of people every day

the Union (Northern) plan devised by General Winfield Scott to blockade the south and restrict its trade to win the war.

Economic and social differences between the North and the South, having states vs. federal rights, slaves vs. non-slave proponents, the Growth of abolitionist movement and the election of President Abraham Lincoln.

loyalty to one's own region of the country, rather than to the nation as a whole

the right of states to limit the power of the federal government

The doctrine that a state can declare null and void a federal law that, in the state's opinion, violates the Constitution.

South Carolina Senator - advocate for state's rights, limited government, and nullification

Confederate general

an American general and the eighteenth President of the United States (1869-1877). He achieved international fame as the leading Union general in the American Civil War.

16th President of the United States saved the Union during the Civil War and emancipated the slaves; was assassinated by Booth (1809-1865)

an American statesman and politician who served as President of the Confederate States of America for its entire history from 1861 to 1865

general whose march to sea caused destruction to the south, union general, led march to destroy all supplies and resoures, beginning of total warfare

general in the Confederate Army during the Civil War whose troops at the first Battle of Bull Run stood like a stone wall (1824-1863)

Lincoln issued it and freed all the slaves in the Confederate states, but slaves in Border States loyal to the Union remained enslaved. It only applied to states in rebellion (Confederate states). It led to slaves rebelling and joining the Union army and increased sympathy from Europe.