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chapter 4& 5

Civil war and reconstruction

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War of Attrition A type in which one side inflicts continuous losses on the other in order to wear down its strength.
States' rights The powers that the constitution neither gives to the federal government nor denies to the states.
Contraband Items seized from the enemy during wartime.
Reconstruction Program implemented by the federal government between 1865 and 1877 to repiar the damage to the South caused by the Civil War and to restore the southern states to the Union.
Siege Tactic in which an enemy is surrounded and starved in order to make it surrender.
Emancipation Proclamation A presidential decree by President Lincon, effective Janurary 1, 1863, that freed slaves in Confederate-held territory.
Compromise of 1877 Agreement in which Democrats agreed to give Rutherford B. Hayes the victory in the presidential election of 1876, and Hayes, in return, agreed to remove the remaining federal troops from southern states.
Draft Required military service.
Gettysburg Address A famous speech by President Lincon on the meaning of the Civil War, givin in November 1863 at the dedication of a nation cemetery on the site of the Battle of Gettysburg.
Writ of habeas corpus A type in which one side inflicts continuous losses on the other in order to wear down its strength.
The powers that the constitution neither gives to the federal government nor denies to the states.
Reconstruction
Siege Tactic in which an enemy is surrounded and starved in order to make it surrender.
Draft Required military service.
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