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13th Amendment: this freed all slaves without compensation to the slaveowners
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abolition: removal
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abolitionists: a person against slavery
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acquit: to find not guilty
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antebellum: time period before the Civil War
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Antietam: This is where the bloodiest battle of the Civil War took place
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artillery: large weapon like a cannon
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artillery: military branch that fires cannons
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artisants: skilled worker
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assassination: killing of a leader
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Black Codes: Southern laws designed to restrict the rights of newly freed black slaves freedom
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blockade: declaration of the blockade against the main Confederate parts
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border states: states that remained in the Union during the secession crisis, but slavery was legal in those states (Missouri, Kentucky, Maryland, Delaware)
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bounty: money given to soldiers who were willing to fight
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campaign: a series of attacks which should achieve a paticular result inthe Civil War
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casualty: a killed or wounded (military) person
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catridge box: used to hold ammunition; made out of leather
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cavalry: soldiers who fought on horsebacks
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Contrabands: escapeds slaves that flad to the northern line for protection
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Copperheads: a faction of Democrats in the North; opposed the Civil War
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depletion: using something up; getting rid of
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draft: the selection of people for military service
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Draft riots: reaction to the enrollment act; also racist reaction by some
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emancipation proclamation: the removal of slavery in the Southern states by the government
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famine: after the Civil War, there was a large number of people who didn´t have any food for a long time
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farb: reenactort who is not hardcore
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federal: e.g.: a group of states which control their own affairs (but are also controlled ba a single national government)
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Fort Sumter: first battle of the Civil War took place in Fort Sumpter
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freedmen: men/women/children who have been enslaved
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fugitive: runaway; trying to run away
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Gettysburg: important town where civil war took place
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Home Guard: "police"; citizens who formed a group to protect themselves
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infantry: soldiers fighting by foot in the war
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ironclad: a ship covered with iron plates; used in the Civil War
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jaunty: showing that you are confident and happy
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kepi: a cap worn by the soldiers of the Civil Was
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matyr: a person who is killed or made to suffer greatly because of their political or religious belief
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Minie Ball: the standard rifle bullet
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nurses: women who served as volunteers in hospitals in the Civil War
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plantation: main working place for a black slave
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poll tax: charging money in order to vote; used to prevent African americans from voting
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pontoon: a flat boat used as one of the supports of a temporary bridge over a river
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rations: a fixed allowance of provisions of food
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rebellion: Rebellion; came from the Confederates
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Reconstruction period: rebuild of the cities and villages after the Civil War
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retreat (of an army): a movement away from the enemy after losing a battle
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rifle: a "long" gun
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sanctuary: a protected place for slaves
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secession: when a country becomes independent of another country
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sectionalism: loyalty to one's own religion of the country, rather than the nation as a whole
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segregation: the practice of keeping people inseperate groups based ontheir culture or race
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share cropping: the system of renting land for a share of crop
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siege: the act of surrounding and attacking a fortified area over a period of time
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slave codes: law to control behaviours and actions of slaves
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slave pl. slaves: Sklave; expl.: in the Civil War, the blacks were slaves
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Southener: Confederate; person who lived in the South of America
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sovereign: above superior to all others
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territories (pl.), territory: huge areas of a country
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The Underground Railroad: loose organisation to help southern slaves to escape to the north
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to emancipate: to free/to set free
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to impeach: to formally charge a government official with a serious crime in a special government court
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to secede: to withdraw (from somewhere)
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weapons: this was used to attack and defend the soldiers
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wooden shacks: a slave's housing
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Yankee: person who lived in the northern side of Amerca (while the Civil War)
