Ch.#17 Word Scramble
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| Question | Answer |
| Emancipation Proclamation | Written in Jan. 1, 1863 by Lincoln to free all slaves in Confederate territory |
| 54th Massachusetts Regiment | insisted on fighting without pay and one of the first African American regiments organized in the North |
| Copperhead | Northern Democrats who wanted peace with the North |
| conscription | a draft that required men to serve in the military |
| bounty | cash payments |
| income tax | a tax on earnings |
| greenback | the new paper currency that would help the North ensure that the people had money to spend |
| Clara Barton | a school teacher who organized a relief program to help care for the soldiers as well as founded the American Red Cross |
| Battle of Gettysburg | a three day battle on july 1, 1863 where General Meade and Confederate General Lee clashed and the Union won and crushed Lee's hopes for victory in the North |
| Pickett's Charge | General Lee ordered General Pickett to make a direct attack but they were charging into heavy Union fire whichmade the turning point of the war |
| Ulysses S. Grant | a poor student who turned out to be a brilliant general and won some of the major victories in the civil war as well as being willing to fight Lee |
| Robert E. Lee | top student and was praised for his actions in the mexican war but didn't want to fight the Union but couldnt fight Virginia either |
| Siege of Vicksburg | Ulysses Grant and his troops surrounded Vicksburg in July 4,1863 and kept all supplies from entering the city which in a month they surrendered |
| William Tecumseh Sherman | Pushed through the Deep South to Atlanta to the Atlantic Ocean and destroyed everything in his path and took Savannah, Georgia in Dec. |
| Appomattox Court House | in April 9, 1865 Lee and Grant met to arrange the surrender and as well Grant gave generous terms. |
| Thirteenth Amendment | proposed by Lincoln to end slavery entirely everywhere |
| John Wilkes Booth | a Confederate supporter who crept behind Lincoln and shot him then jumped onto the stage breaking his leg and escaped |
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