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Chapter 17 Vocab SX
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Emancipation Proclamation | executive order that freed all the slaves in the Confederate Territory |
| 54th Massachusetts Regiment | One of the first African American Regiments in the North. |
| Copperhead | Northern Democrats who wanted peace with the south |
| Conscription | Laws that required men to serve in the military |
| Bounty | cash payments to men who volunteered to serve in the military |
| Income Tax | A tax on earnings |
| Greenback | A new currency issued by the Union |
| Clara Barton | Founder of the American Red cross |
| Battle of Gettysburg | Famous Union victory near the town of Gettysburg Pennsylvania |
| Pickett's Charge | Confederate charge led by General Pickett into the Union Line at Gettysburg. It failed |
| Siege of Vicksburg | Union victory that gave the Union control of the Mississippi |
| William Tecumseh Sherman | Union general who pushed in to the South |
| Appomattox Court House | Site of the Confederate surrender to the Union |
| Thirteenth Amendment | Amendment that ended slavery in the US |
| John Wilkes Booth | assassinated Abraham Lincoln |