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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 Cemetary at Gettysburg was dedicated because it formally set the space apart as a sacred, peaceful sanctuary for the deceased
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, at the dedication of the Soldiers' National Cemetery in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, 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 definition of a democratic government.
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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