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Clendenny 7th Civil
Civil War Vicksburg and Gettysburg
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| siege | A military operation in which enemy forces surround a town or building, cutting off supplies, with the goal of surrender |
| Grant's Canal | General Grant's unsuccessful attempt to aler the course of the Mississippi River by digging this waterway across the peninsula |
| Siege of VIcksburg | A six week land and naval campaign (May 18-July 4, 1863) where General Grant forced the surrender of Confederate soldiers occupying a town situated on a 200 foot bluff above the Mississippi River. |
| Admiral David DIxon Porter | This commander of the Navy bravely ran his gunboats past Vicksburg's cannons, successfully providing transport to Grant's 17,000 soldiers, allowing them to lay siege to Vicksburg |
| General George Pickett | Confederate general who ordered his men to charge through an open field and up a steep hill in an unsuccessful attempt to break the Union line. |
| Gettysburg Address | A famous speech delivered by Abraham Lincoln on November 19, 1963, to dedicate a cemetery for Union soldiers killed at the Battle of Gettysburg |
| Battle of Gettysburg | A 3-day battle (July 1-3, 1963) which ended Confederate General Robert E. Lee's second invasion of the North. More than 50,000 men were killed or injured making it the bloodiest battle of the Civil War. |
| Civilians | Citizens who do not serve in the army. |
| Copperheads | Name given to anti-war people whose goal was to restore the Union back to the way it was before the war. |
| Habeas Corpus | The name given to the Constitutional right given to all United States citizens which requires charges to be filed or a hearing before they are jailed. |
| Draft law | A law passed in 1863, which required all able-bodied males between the ages of 20 and 45 to serve in the military if they were called. |
| Income Tax | A tax citizens must pay based on a percentage of earned income. |
| Inflation | An economic condition in which a rise in prices leads to a decrease in the value of money. |
| Tax-in-kind | Name given to anti-war people whose goal was to restore the Union back to the way it was before the war |
| Alexander Flemin | Discovered penicillin that could have saved thousands of soldiers lives but was invented 68 years after the war |
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