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chapter 17 vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| emancipation proclamaition | legally freed all slaves in rebellious confederate states |
| 54th massachusettes regiment | most famous african american regiment of the civi war |
| copperhead | northerner who opposed the war |
| conscription | law that forced men to fight in the war |
| bounty | payment to men who volunteered for the army |
| income tax | tax on earnings |
| greenback | new type of paper money |
| clara barton | woman who organized relief agencies to help soldiers |
| battle of gettysburg | union vitory that put the north ahead in the war |
| picketts charge | confederate attack on the union lines at gettysburg |
| robert e lee | confederate general |
| ulysses s grant | union general |
| siege of vicksburg | union victory that split the south in two |
| william tecumseh sherman | union general who won significant victories |
| thirteenth amendment | constitutional amendment that oficially ended slavery |