History Quiz 2
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13 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 election of 1860 | Lincoln, the Republican candidate, won because the Democratic party was split over slavery. As a result, the South no longer felt like it has a voice in politics and a number of states seceded from the Union. |
| martial law | law that is administered during periods of strict military control |
| habeas corpus | a person can't be held in prison without first being charged with a crime |
| abraham lincoln | saved the Union during the Civil War and emancipated the slaves; was assassinated by Booth |
| fort sumter | First shots of Civil War, Confederates fired upon Federal fort, fort surrenders, war begins |
| battle of antietam | a Union victory in the Civil War that marked the bloodiest single-day battle in U.S. military history, lead to emancipation proclamation |
| battle of vicksburg | Union gains control of Mississippi, confederacy split in two, Grant takes lead of Union armies, total war begins |
| battle of gettysburg | bloodiest battle in civil war, Union Civil War victory turned war against the Confederates |
| mathew brady | famous photographer of the Civil War - brought the war to the people |
| emancipation proclamation | Issued by abraham lincoln, declared that all slaves in the confederate states would be free |
| shermans march to the sea | Marched from Atlanta to Savannah destroying everything in their path |
| 13th amendment | abolished slavery |
| appomattox courthouse | the Virginia town where Robert E. Lee surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant , ending the Civil War |
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