CHapter 17- Civil War
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 border state | one of the four states---Kentucky, Missouri, Maryland and Delaware--- located along the border between the Union and the Confederate States |
| martial law | rule by the army instead of the elected government |
| habeas corpus | right to a hearing before being jailed |
| inflation | rise in prices and decrease in the value of money |
| Shiloh | Battle of ________ was the BLOODIEST Civil War battles. this battle was won by Grant's troops in Tennessee |
| Chancellorsville | Battle of ________ took place on the thickly wooded ground and was General Jackson's last battle. This was a victory for Lee's troops, but Stonewall Jackson died from Confederate fire. |
| Fredericksburg | Battle of ________ was one of the Union's worst defeats and it was a victory for Lee's troops in Virginia |
| Bull Run | Battle of ________ showed both the Union and the confederacy that their soldiers needed training. It also showed that the war would be long and bloody. This took place in Virginia in 1861 and Stonewall Jackson's troops won the battle as the Union soldiers ran away |
| emancipate | free from slavery or servitude |
| Emancipation Proclamation | Issued by abraham lincoln on september 22, 1862 it declared that all slaves in the confederate states would be free |
| Fort Wagner | most celebrated, unsuccessful but heroic assault by black troops |
| 54th Massachusetts Regiment | one of the first African American Regiment organized in the North |
| Copperhead | northerner who opposed using force to keep the southern states in the union |
| draft | military service requirement |
| income tax | a tax on people's earnings |
| profiteer | manufacturer who charged excessive prices for goods that the government needed for war |
| siege | the surrounding of a place in order to force it to surrender |
| Pickett's Charge | ___________________ was the last attack at Gettysburg, in which the Confederate soldiers were to cross open ground, climb a steep hill and open fire on the enemy |
| Gettysburg Address | Lincoln's brief speech in honor of the war dead is known as the _________________ |
| Appomattox Court House | Lee surrendered to Grant at _________________ |
| total war | As part of the policy of ______________ against the south, railroads and crops were destroyed and cities were burned to the ground |
| sectionalism | loyalty to a state or section rather than to the whole country |
| abolitionists | people who believed that slavery should be against the law |
| Harriet Tubman | United States abolitionist born a slave on a plantation in Maryland and became a famous conductor on the Underground Railroad leading other slaves to freedom in the North (1820-1913) |
| William Lloyd Garrison | 1805-1879. Prominent American abolitionist, journalist and social reformer. Editor of radical abolitionist newspaper "The Liberator", and one of the founders of the American Anti-Slavery Society. |
| Robert E. Lee | General of the Confederates (South), considered the best general of the war, he fought for the confederacy because he couldn't fight against Virginia |
| Stonewall Jackson | Brave commander of the Confederate Army that led troops at Bull Run. He died in the confusion at the Battle of Chancellorsville. |
| Ulysses Grant | Main Union General that promoted the idea of total war, not only attacking the enemy, but destroying every single one of its resources. |
| Appomattox | the site of surrender of the Confederate general Lee to Union general Grant in April 1865, marking the end of the Civil War, his surrender prevent several more years of guerilla war, Grant was lenient- the idea of reconciliation not vengeance, the south could keep its horses and the generals could keep their guns |
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