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Era 6 vocab menu assignment

Published on Apr 15, 2021

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Harper's Ferry- a town in Virginia where armed abolitionists was led by John Brown

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Fort Sumter- a sea fort built on an artificial island protecting Charleston, South Carolina, from naval invasion

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Slavery- someone who is forbidden to quit their service for another person, while treated as property.

Confederacy- a league or alliance, especially of confederate states.

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Appomattox courthouse- A village in Virginia where General Robert E. Lee surrendered to General Ulysses S. Grant in April 1865

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Sherman's march- a military campaign of the American Civil War conducted through Georgia from November 15 until December 21, 1864

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Morse code- an alphabet or code in which letters are represented by combinations of long and short signals of light or sound.

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Stonewall Jackson- a Confederate general during the American Civil War, and became one of the best-known Confederate commanders

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a presidential proclamation and executive order issued by United States President Abraham Lincoln on September 22, 1862

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Battle of Antietam-a battle of the American Civil War, fought on September 17, 1862

Uncle Tom's Cabin- An anti-slavery novel by American author Harriet Beecher Stowe

Union- The action or fact of joining or being joined, especially in a political context.

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Gatling gun- a rapid-firing multiple-barrel firearm invented in 1861 by Richard Jordan Gatling.

Battle of Vicksburg- the final major military action in the Vicksburg campaign of the American Civil War.

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Ironclad- steam-propelled warship protected by iron or steel armor plates

Secede- to withdraw from an organization

Battle of Gettysburg- the most important engagement of the American Civil War

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Abraham Lincoln-an American statesman and lawyer who served as the 16th president of the United States from 1861 until his assassination in 1865.

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Robert E. Lee-an American Confederate general best known as a commander of the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War.

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Ulysses S Grant- an American military leader who served as the 18th president of the United States from 1869 to 1877

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Anaconda plan-the name applied to a strategy outlined by the Union Army for suppressing the Confederacy at the beginning of the American Civil War.

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Border States- any of the slave states that bordered the northern free states during the US Civil War.

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Gettysburg address- a speech that U.S. President Abraham Lincoln delivered during the American Civil War at the dedication of the Soldiers' National Cemetery in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania

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Jefferson Davis- an American politician who served as the president of the Confederate States from 1861 to 1865.

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Casualties- a person killed or injured in a war or accident.

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Civil war- a war between citizens of the same country.

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William Sherman - an American soldier, businessman, educator, and author. He served as a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War

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