Civil War and Reconstruction vocab
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border states | Slave states that stayed in the Union. (ex. Maryland, Missouri, Delaware, and Kentucky)
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casualities | soldiers who are killed or wounded.
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draft | to force someone to serve in the military.
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emancipation | to set slaves free.
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camp | a group of temporary shelters, such as tents
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home front | all the people who are not in the military during war time.
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civilian | a person not in the military
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total war | the strategy of destroying an enemy’s resources.
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telegraph | a machine that sends messages over electrical wires.
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desert | to leave the army without permission
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Reconstruction | the period of rebuilding the South after the Civil War.
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assassination | the murder of an important leader
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Freedman's Bureau | a government organization that helped poor blacks and whites get medical care, legal advice, education, and jobs.
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impeach | to charge a government official with a crime.
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