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Civil War
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| secede | to withdraw from membership in a union |
| secession | the act of withdrawing from a union |
| Abraham Lincoln | one of four candidates in 1860 presidential election |
| Confederate States of America | independent nation formed by southern states which seceded from the Union |
| civil war | a war between citizens of the same country |
| the US Civil War | a war between the North and South, United States vs. Confederate States |
| Fort Sumter | federal fort in Charleston Harbor; site of first shots fired in Civil War |
| Battle of Bull Run | first actual battle of Civil War |
| Jefferson Davis | president of Confederate States of America |
| border states | slave states which did not secede from the Union |
| name the border states | DE, MD, WV, KY, MO |
| result at Fort Sumter | Confederates won and Union lost control of that fort |
| states which seceded | all southern/slave-holding states except the 5 border states |
| Southern response to Lincoln's election to the presidency | secession |
| capital of Confederate States of America | Richmond |
| capital of United States of America | Washington, DC |
| Emancipation Proclamation | executive order from Lincoln freeing all slaves in Confederate states |
| slaves the Emancipation Proclamation did not apply to | those in border/Union states |
| number of slaves *actually* freed by the Emancipation Proclamation | zero |
| Robert E. Lee | commander of Confederate troops |
| Ulysses S. Grant | commander of Union troops |
| Gettysburg Address | speech given by Lincoln at Gettysburg to commemorate lives lost; reminds Americans of the Declaration of Independence |
| 13th Amendment | amendment to the Constitution which outlaws slavery |
| when the 13th Amendment became law | end of 1865 - several months after end of war |
| years of Civil War | 1861-1865 |
| nickname of Union soldiers | Yankees |
| nickname of Confederate soldiers | Rebels |
| total war | war strategy that aims to destroy everything in your path, leaving the enemy no resources left behind; even civilians are targeted |
| Union general who used Total War | Sherman's march through Georgia |
| Battle of Gettysburg | 3 day battle about halfway through the war; most deaths of any battle in war |
| Battle of Antietam | most deaths in a single day |
| conspiracy | secret plan for a group of people to do something unlawful or harmful |
| John Wilkes Booth | Lincoln's assassin |
| assassination | murder of a public figure, often for political reasons |
| Civil War figure who was assassinated | Lincoln |
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