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Stalemate
In a conflict, neither side has a clear path to victory
Emancipation Proclamation
A document signed by Abraham Lincoln declaring freedom for slaves
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to join
54th Massachusetts
Infantry regiment made up of African-American soldiers
Robert Gould Shaw
Commander of the 54th Massachusetts
Fort Wagner
A military outpost that guarded the port of Charleston where the 54th Massachusetts led an unsuccessful attack
William H. Carney
For his bravery in the fight at Fort Wagner, he became the first African-American to receive the congressional medal honor
Draft
Mandatory Military service
Exemptions
release from obligation to serve
Conscription act
a law concerning a military draft
Scapegoats
Individuals or groups who are blamed for the actions of others
Habeas corpus
The right of an arrested person to go before a judge prior to going to jail
Bonds
Certificates offered for sale with the promise that the purchaser will be paid back at a later date with interest
Legal tender act
an 1862 law that replaced currencies of individual banks with one national currency
Camp Douglas
Military prison in Illinois that held enemy confederate
Rations
Supplied food
Scurvy
A disease linked to malnutrition
Alton
Military prison in Illinois that held enemy soldiers
Quarantine
Keeping people with certain disease away from the general population
Elmira
Military prison in NY that held enemy confederate soldiers
Andersonville
Military prison in Georgia that held enemy union soldiers
Henry Wirz
Confederate prison commander who was later executed for war crimes
Ambrose burnside
Union general who lost the battle of Fredericksburg
Joseph Hooker
Union general who lost the battle of Chancellorsville
Chancellorsville
Site of a significant confederate victory
George Meade
Union general who became the commander of the army of the Potomac
Bluffs
Cliffs
John C. Pemberton
Confederate general who commanded forces at Vicksburg
David Porter
Union admiral who transported Grant’s troops at Vicksburg
Flotilla
Small Fleets
Battle of Vicksburg
Gave the union control of the Mississippi & split the confederacy in half
Battle of Gettysburg
Site of a famous 3 day battle which became the turning point in war
Cemetery Hill
A high vantage point that gave the union an advantage during the battle of Gettysburg
George Pickett
Confederate general who led a disastrous attack against union forces at Gettysburg
Gettysburg Address
Famous speech made by Abraham Lincoln on November 19,1863 to commemorate the loss of the union soldiers & to dedicate a cemetery
Ulysses S. Grant
Led the union to victory at Vicksburg then became commander of the whole union army
William T. Sherman
led the union’s march to the sea
Total War
A strategy where all the “rules of war” are ignored and all resources are devoted to defeating the enemy regardless of cost
Alexander Stephens
Vice president of the Confederate states of America
Appomattox Court House
Location where Robert E. Lee surrendered
Morphine
A highly addictive pain medicine
Veterans
people who had served in the military
13th amendment
Prohibited slavery in the United States
Servitude
being enslaved
Jurisdiction
The authority to enforce laws in a given area
14th amendment
Give African-Americans full equality under the law
15th amendment
Gave African-Americans voting rights
Reconstruction
rebuilding the south
John Wilkes Booth
An actor and confederate sympathizer who fatally shot Abraham Lincoln
Assassinated
To murder
Andrew Johnson
Succeeded Lincoln as president
Radical Republicans
Believed the former confederacy should be punished for seccession and the war
Casualties
Those killed or injured in war
Slavery Abolition Act
Law passed by Britain in 1833 that outlawed slavery throughout the empire
Morrill Act
Federal lands were sold with the money used to fund public colleges
Homestead Act
Provided land grants to small farmers
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