| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Cooperationists | members of the upper south who would not leave the union as long as the union pledged to protect slavery and its expansion into the territories |
| Border States | these states acted like a buffer between the Union and the Confederacy - states that supported slavery, but didnt leave the union |
| contraband of war | what runaway slaves were considered when they met the union army |
| Manassas or Bull Run | the first real battle of the Civil War, made people realize the war would be a lot longer and harder |
| Hard War | a war that ties in the economy and the families of the nation, majority of society deeply impacted |
| Emancipation Proclamation | emancipated the slaves of the south in areas not under union control (in those states that did not come back to the union before the act) |
| New York City Draft Riots | riots at the five points over the union draft |
| bread riots | the women of the south, without food rioted for it |
| Battle of Gettysburg | a decisive Union victory, and a deadly 3 day battle |
| Gettysburg Address | Lincoln remakes the meaning of the war - a new birth of freedom |
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