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vocab quiz 16
almost done with 8th grade :(
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Battle of Gettysburg | Three day battle on Northern soil (Pennsylvania) - South lost 28,000 men. Biggest battle of the Civil War. |
| Dedicated | ex. to dedicate a cemetery): to give a building / landmark / area / graveyard purpose, identity, and a connection to the people it serves. |
| The National Cemetery at Gettysburg | was dedicated because it formally set the space apart as a sacred, peaceful sanctuary for the deceased and to provide a comforting, respectful environment for the living to mourn/ |
| Hallowed | very respected and praised because of great importance or great age, holy (ex. the church was on hallowed grounds). |
| Gettysburg Address | a famous speech by President Abraham Lincoln, delivered on November 19, 1863, four and a half months after the pivotal Battle of Gettysburg. Of the people, by the people, for the people: famous phrase summarizing the core meaning of democracy. |
| Democratic Republic | an independent country ruled by its citizens through elections and other forms of voting. |
| Reconstruction | the effort to rebuild and reunite the US following the Civil War. |
| 13th Amendment | prohibited slavery (December 1865). |
| 14th Amendment | guarantees citizenship and legal protection for all individuals starting in 1868. |
| 15th amendment | gave African American men voting rights in 1870. |
| John Wilkes Booth | actor and Confederate sympathizer who shot Lincoln as he was watching a play. This was the first time in US history that a current president had been assassinated |
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