American Civil War
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1. President of the United States: Abraham Lincoln
2. President of the Confederacy: Jefferson Davis
3. Union Army leaders: Sherman, Grant, McClellan, Burnside
4. Confederate Army leaders: Lee, Jackson
5. Confederate Advantages: skilled military leaders, potential allies (France & GB), Southern Lifestyle
(hunting/riding), home-field advantage
6. Union Advantages: Population, industry (more factories, more supplies), Railroad, Navy (South has no
navy)
7. Problems in the South: economic ruin- struggled with cost, loss of the cotton trade, severe shortages
because of the Union's blockade
8. Who Killed Lincoln?: John Wilkes Booth
9. ironclad: warship covered with protective iron plates
10. Andersonville: The most infamous prison in the south. There was no shelter. There was a huge population,
and there were food shortages, overcrowding, and disease that killed about 100 men a day during the summer months.
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Study online at https://quizlet.com/_hutv9d
1. President of the United States: Abraham Lincoln
2. President of the Confederacy: Jefferson Davis
3. Union Army leaders: Sherman, Grant, McClellan, Burnside
4. Confederate Army leaders: Lee, Jackson
5. Confederate Advantages: skilled military leaders, potential allies (France & GB), Southern Lifestyle
(hunting/riding), home-field advantage
6. Union Advantages: Population, industry (more factories, more supplies), Railroad, Navy (South has no
navy)
7. Problems in the South: economic ruin- struggled with cost, loss of the cotton trade, severe shortages
because of the Union's blockade
8. Who Killed Lincoln?: John Wilkes Booth
9. ironclad: warship covered with protective iron plates
10. Andersonville: The most infamous prison in the south. There was no shelter. There was a huge population,
and there were food shortages, overcrowding, and disease that killed about 100 men a day during the summer months.
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