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civil war
vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| cavalry | that part of military force which serves on horseback |
| confederacy | the eleven states that seceded from the United States to form their own country |
| union | the United States of America |
| yankee | common term for a union soldier |
| rebel | common term for a confederate soldier |
| infantry | group of men who travel and fight on foot |
| Gettysburg address | two minute speech by President Lincoln at a ceremony dedicating to the battlefield as a national ceremony |
| emancipation proclamation | issued by President Lincoln freeing all slaves |
| civil war | people from the same country fighting against each other |
| secede | to leave the union |