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SEFE 270 Study Stack
20 Terms
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Thirteenth Amendment | abolished slavery in the United States |
| Siege of Vicksburg | Union victory that enabled the Union to control the Mississippi River |
| Battle of Gettysburg | Union victory that ended with Pickett's charge. Turning point of the war. |
| Income Tax | tax on the earnings/income |
| Emancipation Proclamation | issued by Abraham Lincoln on September 22, 1862 that declared that all slaves in the Confederate states would be free. |
| 54th Massachusetts Regiment | one of the first African-American regiments organized to fight for the Union |
| Antietam | the first major battle of the American Civil War that took place on Northern soil. Following this battle, Lincoln announced the Emancipation Proclamation |
| Battles of Shiloh | Confederate forces surprised the Union troops and drove them across the Tennessee River; Union ended up getting reinforcements and won but with great losses as it was one of the bloodiest battles of the Civil War |
| Ulysses S. Grant | leader of the Union troops, famous for winning the Battle of Shiloh |
| Battle of Bull Run/Manassas | the first real battle of the American Civil War |
| Robert E. Lee | General of the Confederate Troops |
| Fort Sumter | marked the beginning of the American Civil War where the Confederates opened fire on the Union fort |
| Confederate States of America | the southern states that seceded from the United States in 1861 |
| Jefferson Davis | the President of the Confederate States of America |
| Dred Scott | American slaved who sued his master for keeping him enslaved in a territory that slavery had been abolished under the Missouri Compromise |
| Popular Sovereignty | the people's right to vote; people hold the final authority in all matters of government |
| Kansas Nebraska Act | set up Kansas and Nebraska as states, where each state would use popular sovereignty to decide what to do about slavery. |
| Fugitive Slave Act | law the provided for the harsh treatment for escaped slaves and for those who helped them |
| Uncle Tom's Cabin | antislavery novel written by Harriet Beecher Stowe |
| William Tecumseh Sherman | Union General who destroyed the South in his March to the Sea campaign by using total war |
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