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Civil War Words
Definitions
Term | Definition |
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Civil War | The war that was fought in the United States pitting the southern states against the northern states. |
Reconstruction | The time period after the Civil War. |
Antebellum | The time period before the Civil War. |
Freedmen’s Bureau | A governmental agency aimed at helping the newly freed slaves. |
Secessionist | A person who wants to secede (in SC) with or without other states. |
Unionist | A person (in SC) who wants to stay together with the Union (United States of America). |
Cooperationist | A person (in SC) who wanted to leave the Union only if other states agreed to leave. |
Abraham Lincoln | The president of the United States during the Civil War. He was the president when slavery was abolished. |
Robert E. Lee | The general of the Confederate army during the Civil War. |
Ulysses S. Grant | The general of the Union army during the Civil War. |