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Civil War
Question | Answer |
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Civil War | a war between different groups of people of the same nation |
United States Military Academy at West Point | New York, the training ground for many officers on both sides of the Civil War |
Strategy | the overall military plan for defeating an enemy or winning a conflict |
Blockade | a military strategy that aims to cut off supplies going in and out of an area |
Tactic | a method of using forces in combat |
Draft | a system of selecting individuals from a group for compulsory military service |
Emancipation Proclamation | a document written by Abraham Lincoln changing the Union’s war aims to include fighting to free enslaved African Americans in the Confederate States |
Gettysburg Address | a speech by Abraham Lincoln at Gettysburg during a ceremony to honor those who had died in the Battle of Gettysburg |
Surrender | when soldiers stop fighting in an attempt to end a military war or conflict, often including written terms of agreement; often symbolized by a white flag |