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The first state to secede from the Union.
South Carolina
This halted overseas trade in the South as the war progressed.
Blockade
The majority of soldiers in the Civil War worked as these before the war started.
Farmers
Abraham Lincoln's family moved to Indiana when he was young because
The capital of the Confederacy during the Civil War.
Richmond, Virginia
Most of the fighting in the Civil War took place here.
In the South
Some African Americans served as these during the war to get information.
Spies
These are people who believed slavery was wrong and should be illegal.
Abolitionists
This was the law stating that any escaped slave found in the North should be returned to his/her southern owner.
Fugitive Slave Act
African Americans were allowed to join this branch for the Union from the start of the war.
Navy
Mary Edwards Walker became the first female _________ in the army.
Doctor.
He continued to supply ammunition after the USS Hartford was hit by a shell.
John Lawson
She helped rescue slaves, served as a nurse, and was also a spy in the war.
Harriet Tubman
He was the first President of the Confederate States of America.
Jefferson Davis
She was known as the "Angel of the Battlefield"
Clara Barton