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American History
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Emancipation Proclamation | This proclamation was able to free the slaves in the confederates territory |
| 54th Massachusetts Regiment | "One of the first African-American regiment" |
| Copperhead | "Northern Democrats who favored peace with the South." |
| conscription | the draft |
| bounty | "Cash payments" |
| income tax | "A tax on earnings" |
| greenback | national money that is green |
| Clara Barton | founded the red cross |
| Robert Gould Shaw | lead the 54th regiment |
| Battle of Gettysburg | fought in the North Union wins battle |
| Pickett’s Charge | Union battle led by Pickett Union wins battle agian |
| Ulysses S. Grant | leads the Union to a victory at Gettysburg and proves his worth to Lincoln |
| Robert E. Lee | Confederacy General is very good at his job and leads many victory |
| Siege of Vicksburg | Union wins the battle of Vicksburg and finishes taking the Mississippi |
| William Tecumseh Sherman | A Union general |
| Appomattox Court House | This is a town in Virginia that Lee and Grant meet to surrender |
| the militia act | This act makes it legal for African Americans to enlist in the army |
| Siege of Petersburg | In June of 1864 the Union captures Richman |
| Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson | a general for the Confederacy |
| Anderersonville | POW camp |
| Wilmer McClean | Owned a house that would hold the Generals as they surrendered |
| Total war | "A war not only against enemy troops, but against everything that supports the enemy." |
| George McCllelan | A not great general for the Union |
| Gettysburg Address | A speech that Lincoln made after the gettysburg battle |
| score | a large amount of people |
| Consecrate | A holy or sacred place |
| Ford'd Theater | The Theater that Lincoln was killed in |
| John Wilkes Booth | killed Lincoln |
| Mary Surratt | was thought to have helped people kill Lincoln |
| 13th Amendment | this amendment was passed and said that slavery was banned. |
| Andrew Johnson | The Vice-President |
| William Seward | The Secretary of State |