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8b vocabulary
8b Vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Battle of Bull Run | first major battle of the Civil War fought in Virginia in 1861, also called the Battle of Manassas |
| the Virginia | an ironclad warship used by the Confederates in an attempt to break the Union blockade |
| the Monitor | an ironclad Union warship |
| emancipate | to set free |
| Emancipation Proclamation | an 1863 declaration by President Lincoln freeing enslaved African Americans in Confederate Territory |
| 54th Massachusetts Regiment | an African American Unit in the Union Army |
| Fort Wagner | a fort in South Carolina that was the site of an attack by African American 54th Massachusetts Regiment in 1863 |
| copperhead | a northerner who opposed using force to keep the Southern states in the Union |
| draft | a law that requires people of a certain age to perform military services |
| habeas corpus | the right not to be held in prison without first being charged with a specific crime |
| profiteer | a person who takes advantage of a crisis to make money |
| William Carney | was the first of 16 African American soldiers to win the Congressional Medal of Honor in the Civil War |
| Battle of Gettysburg | an 1863 Civil War battle in Pennsylvania that ended in a Union victory and stopped the Confederate invasion of the North |
| Pickett's Charge | the failed Confederate charge during the third day of the Battle of Gettysburg |
| Gettysburg Address | the speech made by President Lincoln in 1863 after the Battle of Gettysburg |
| total war | an all-out war that affects civilians at home as well as soldiers in combat |
| Appomattox Court House | a Virginia town that was the site of the Confederate surrender in 1865 |
| Philip Bazaar | an immigrant from Chile who enlisted in the U.S. navy and was awarded the Medal of Honor for bravery during the assault on Fort Fisher on January 15, 1865 |
| Battle of Antietam | bloodiest one day battle of the Civil War |
| Battle of Fredericksburg | an 1862 Civil War battle in Virginia, one of the Union's worst defeats |