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Social Studies CMS 7
Final Exam Review Civil War-Very Very Very HELPFUL
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| John Wilkes Booth | Assassinated President Lincoln |
| Carpetbaggers | Name given to the people who moved to the south to make money from reconstruction after the civil war |
| Jefferson Davis | President of the Confederate States of America during the Civil War |
| Ulysses S. Grant | General of the U.S. Army, later president |
| Robert E. Lee | General of the Confederate States of America |
| Abraham Lincoln | President of the United States during the Civil War |
| Industrial Revolution | The name for the time period of rapid industrial growth |
| Civil War | A war within a country-one side fights against the other |
| Mason-Dixon Line | Border between Maryland and Pennsylvania-separated free states from slave states |
| Richmond | Capital of the Confederate States of America during the Civil War |
| Washington D. C. | Capital of the U.S.A. |
| Fort Sumter | South Carolina-first shots of the civil war |
| Battle of Gettysburg | Turning point of the civil war |
| Battle of the Monitor and the Merrimac | First battle with iron clad warships, battle ended in a draw |
| Sherman's March | General William T. Sherman-path of destruction through Georgia |
| Ford's Theater | Theater where Lincoln was assassinated |
| Appomattox Courthouse | Site of Robert E. Lee's surrender to Ulysses S. Grant |
| Compromise of 1820 | Missouri was admitted to the U.S. as a slave state and Maine as a free state to keep the slave and non-slave states balanced |
| Uncle Tom's Cabin | Book written by Harriet Beecher Stowe-about the cruelty of slavery-motivated people to become abolitionists, mostly Northerners |
| Abolitionists | People who wanted to end slavery |
| Blockade | Blocking ships from entering ports |
| Blockade Runners | Independent ship owners who try to get supplies past a blockade |
| Border States | Delaware, Maryland, W. Virginia, Kentucky, and Missouri |
| Civilian | A person who is NOT part of the military |
| Impeach | To bring an elected official to trial for misconduct or a crime |
| Ku Klux Klan | A group trying to stop the civil rights of former slaves |
| Nationalism | Love and loyalty for your country |
| Tariff | Tax on imported goods |
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