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Ch. 16 and 17 vocab
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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Fort Sumter | a federal fort located in the harbor of Charleston, South Carolina, the southern attack on fort Sumter marked the beginning of the Civil War. |
| First battle of bull run | an 1861 battle of he Civil War in which the South shocked the North with a victory. |
| Battle of Antietam | a Civil War battle in 1862 in which 25,000 men were killed or wounded. |
| Battle of Gettysburg | an 1863 battle in the Civil War in which the Union defeated the Confederacy, ending hopes for a Confederate victory in he North. |
| Appomattox Court House | the Virginia town where Robert E. Lee surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant in 1865, ending the Civil War. |
| Blockade | when armed forces prevent the transportation of goods or people into or out of an area. |
| Cavalry | soldiers on horse back . |
| Emancipation Proclamation | an executive order issued by Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863, freeing the slaves in all regions in rebellion against he Union. |
| Gettysburg Address | a speech for the battle of Gettysburg 1863. |
| Robert E. Lee | the commanding general of the confederacy army. |
| William T. Sherman | a general of the Union army that made life in the south bad with destroying everything. |
| John Wilkes Booth | the man who killed Abe lincoln in ford's theater. he was a confederacy who wanted slavery and an act. |
| 54th Massachusetts Regiment | the first african america regiments and did not get pay. |
| Siege of Vicksburg | an 1863 Union victory in the civil war that enabled the Union to control the entire Mississippi River. |
| Ulysses S. Grant | the commanding general of the union army. |