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Civil War
Question | Answer |
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abolitionists | People who wanted to end slavery |
Civil War | Fighting among people who live in the same country |
blockade | To block the movement of troops and supplies |
Anaconda Plan | The Union's plan or strategy to defeat the South |
Emancipation Proclamation | A document that freed slaves in the South |
Reconstruction | Lincoln's plan for rebuilding the South |
segregation | The separation of people based on race |
black codes | Laws that restricted the rights of African Americans |
Freedmen's Bureau | An agency set up to help former slaves after the Civil War |
Jefferson Davis | President of the Confederate States of America |
Ulysses S. Grant | The general in charge of the Union Army at the end of the war |
Robert E. Lee | Confederate general who surrendered to Grant |
Andrew Johnson | The man who became president after Lincoln's death |
Appomattox Court House | The town where Lee surrendered to Grant |
Battle of Gettysburg | The turning point battle of the Civil War |
Fort Sumter | The first shots of the Civil War were fought here |
Battle of Vicksburg | The battle that gave the Union control of the Mississippi River |
Bull Run | The first major battle of the Civil War |
Abraham Lincoln | President of the United States during the Civil War. |