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SS: Ch. 17 Vocab
Vocab for US History Ch. 17
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Proclamation by Lincoln that freed all slaves in the Confederacy. It somewhat failed to free all of the slaves due to the lack of available Union forces in the Confederacy. | Emancipation Proclamation |
| One of the first African-American regiments organized in North. | 54th Massachusetts Regiment |
| Northern Democrats who favored peace with South. | Copperhead |
| Draft. Laws that required men to serve in the military. | conscription |
| Cash payment. | bounty |
| Tax on earnings. | income tax |
| New paper currency called this way due to its color. | greenback |
| Organized a relief agency to help with war effort, made food for soldiers, and tended to the wounded. She later founded the American Red Cross. | Clara Barton |
| Union victory in Southern Pennsylvania. Union won after crushing Pickett's Charge, but failed to finish off Lee's army. | Battle of Gettysburg |
| Turning point attack in the Battle of Gettysburg. Lee commanded General George Pickett to charge, but the attack was crushed. | Pickett's Charge |
| Union general; won the first major Union victories. Outside of battle, he was not impressive; unlikely hero. | Ulysses S. Grant |
| Confederate general; born of wealthy Virginia family. Did not want to fight Union, but felt the duty to his state. | Robert E. Lee |
| Union victory by Ulysses S. Grant. Grant sieged Vicksburg for a month and a half, and with his victory the Union captured the last major Confederate stronghold on the Mississippi. The Anaconda Plan began being fulfilled. | Siege of Vicksburg |
| Union general; pushed through Deep South to Atlantic coast. On the way there, he tore up everything and anything that belonged to the Confederacy, including crops, rail lines, and towns. Sherman's capture of Atlanta renewed Union spirit. | William Tecumseh Sherman |
| Lee fled from Grant but eventually surrendered here. Grant offered generous terms of surrender. | Appomattox Court House |
| Amendment that banned slavery in the United States. | Thirteenth Amendment |
| Assassinated Abraham Lincoln and fled to a theater. He and his accomplices were all captured and hanged or imprisoned. | John Wilkes Booth |
| Short speech given by Lincoln to commemorate the memory of the soldiers who fought at Gettysburg. It is considered one of the greatest speeches of all time. | The Gettysburg Address |
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