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American Lit

The Civil War and Its Aftermath Test Review

TermDefinition
Frederick Douglass My Bondage and My Freedom
Spirituals dual message (Go Down, Moses)
Sojourner Truth And Ain't I a Woman
John P. Parker from His Promised Land
Mary Chestnut from Mary Chestnut's Civil War
Robert E. Lee from Letters to His Family
Ambrose Bierce An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge
Herman Melville Shiloh (a Requiem)
Abraham Lincoln The Gettysburg Address
avarice extreme greed for wealth
almanac an annual calendar containing important dates and statistical information such as astronomical data and tide tables
benevolent well meaning and kindly
dictum a formal pronouncement from an authoritative source
commemorate recall and show respect for (someone or something) in a ceremony
poignant evoking a keen sense of sadness or regret
capitulate cease to resist an opponent or an unwelcome demand; surrender
protrude extend beyond or above a surface
induce succeed in persuading or influencing (someone) to do something
virtuous having or showing high moral standards
anarchy a state of disorder due to absence or nonrecognition of authority
allusion reference to historical or literary idea
refrain repetition of lines in poetry or song at the end of a verse
score twenty years
consecrate make holy or sacred; honor
vanquish to defeat
efface to destroy, erase
audaciously boldly; arrogantly
depravity being morally bad or corrupt
acclivity upward slope
alliteration repetition of initial sound of words
Reconstruction the period following the Civil War
"national sin" Douglass refers to slavery
the year Frederick Douglass publishes his autobiography 1855
the year the United States and Mexico were at war 1846
Lincoln delivers The Gettysburg Address in 1863
John Brown leads anti-slavery raid at Harper's Ferry in 1859
Battle of Fort Sumter took place in 1861
Truth's speech at the Women's Rights Convention 1851
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