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The Civil War Vocab.
Unit 8.
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Secession | to secede or withdrawal (Eleven states broke away or secede from the Union before the Civil War over the issues of states rights and slavery) |
| Union | States that remained united after the secession of eleven others. Commonly called "the North" or "the Free States" during the Civil War. |
| Confederacy | The eleven states that seceded from the Union before the Civil War. |
| Border States | The four states of Delaware, Kentucky, Maryland, and Missouri. These states allowed for slavery, but did not withdrawal (secede) from the Union before the Civil War. |
| popular sovereignty | Giving people the power to decide issues in government. |
| topography | the study or description of surface features in a region including hills, mountains , valleys, rivers, ports and War- Ex. (High Ground at Gettysburg and Mississippi River at Vicksburg) |
| blockade | to isolate, close off, or surround a place such as a port. |
| cash crops | a crop that is heavily marketed for profit |
| Missouri Compromise (1820) | Missouri entered the Union as a slave state; Maine would enter the Union as a free state |
| The First Battle of Manassas | also called "Bun Run" and was the first MAJOR battle of the Civil War |
| Emancipation Proclamation | issued by Abraham Lincoln and made "freeing the slaves" the new focus of the war (Many African Americans joined the Union army as a result) |
| Battle of Vicksburg | divided the South and give the North control of the Mississippi River |
| Battle of Gettysburg | was the turning point of the Civil War as the North repelled Lee's invasion |
| Gettysburg Address | Given by Lincoln who said the war was to preserve a government "of the people, by the people, and for the people". |
| Appomattox Courthouse | where Lee surrendered to grant in 1865 to end the war |
| Abraham Lincoln | President of the United states during the Civil War who opposed the SPREAD of slavery and was determined to preserved the Union, by force if necessary. |
| Jefferson Davis | |
| Ulysses S. Grant | general of the Union army that defeated Robert E. Lee |
| Robert E. Lee | Leader of the Army in Northern Virginia (Confederate) who was offered full command of the Union forces at the beginning of the war. |
| Tomas "Stonewall" Jackson | a skilled Confederate general from Virginia |
| Clara Barton | a Civil War nurse who created the American Red Cross |
| Robert Smalls | An African American sailor and Union naval captain who was highly honored for his feats of bravery and heroin. He became a Congressman after the war |
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