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_______________ was a general for the Union and would later be elected President.  His success as a general was later overshadowed by his scandalous Presidency.

This military campaign started in Atlanta, Georgia, and would advance to Savannah, Georgia.  The goal was to deprive the Confederate army of war materials and railroad communication.  The general in charge of the campaign wanted to drive the Southern people to their knees.  He would burn towns, farms, plantations, any thing else in his way.  He would be the first modern general to practice psychology warfare.  

The term blitzkrieg refers to Hitler’s tactic of striking a country with massive air, tank, and artillery attack.

In the Treaty of Guadalupe, what river established the boundary line between Texas and Mexico?

The Battle of San Jacinto in 1836 _____________.

The assassination of President Abraham Lincoln _______________________________.

This garrison was the site for the first battle of the Civil War.  Located off the Charleston coast, the garrison was bombarded by P.G.T. Beauregard on April 12, 1861.  The Confederates took the site in less than two days.  The Confederates would occupy it for nearly four years, but they would abandoned it before General Sherman captured Charleston.

Why did factories during this era pay women less?

This act repealed the Missouri Compromise and created two new territories.  It allowed for popularity sovereignty.  The new territories were flooded with proslavery and antislavery activities trying to sway the vote.

This political group wanted to punish the South for leaving the Union.  They wanted civil rights (such as voting) for freedmen and wanted to limit the political rights for former Confederate officials and military officers.  This group wanted to see the South dramatically reconstructed.  Who was he?