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chapter 15 & 16 vocabulary
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04/30/2009

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robert e lee.
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commander of the army of northern virginia and overall commander of confederate forces.
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clara barton
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civil was nurse who later founded the american red cross.
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anacoda plan
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union war plan to blockade all southern ports and take control of the mississippi river.
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first battle of manassas
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the first mayor battle of the civil war; won by confederacy.
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battle of antietam
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single bloodiest day of civial war; neither side won a clear victory.
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emancipation proclamtion
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presidnet lincolns annoucnement freeing all enslaved persons in the confederate states.
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battle of gettysburg
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one of the costliest battles of the civil was; won by the union
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draft
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as war dragged on, however, both sides had to draft soldiers.
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ulysses s. grant
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laid siege to the important town of vicksburg, mississippi
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william t. sherman
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soundly defeated braggs army in the battle of chattanooga.
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zebulon b. vance
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who would succeed ellis as governor, "if was must come", i preferred to be with my own people.
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robert f. hoke
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began a campaign to drive the union troops out of plymouth with the help of a new ironclad ship, the albermale.
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albermale
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was designed and built under the supervision of 19-year-old gilbert elliot, a native of elizabeth city.
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fort fisher
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stood at the mouth of the cape fear river.
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battle of bentonville
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bloodiest on north carolina soil during the war.
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reconstruction
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the process of rebuilding the south after the civil war.
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black codes
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laws passed by southern states after the civial war that limited the freedom of formerly enslaved people.
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freedmens bureau
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a federal agency set up in 1865 to help both whires and african americans in the south.
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fifteenth amendment
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1870 constitutional amendment declaring that the right to vote cannot be denied because of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.
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carpetbagger
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insulting nickname for a northerner who went south after the civil wasr
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civil rights act of 1871
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law that gave americans the right to sue anyone trying to restrict their constitutional rights.
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kirk-holden war
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incident in which colonel george w. kirk and his army of followers imprisoned men suspected to be members of the ku klux klan.
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rutherford b. hayes.
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president who ended reconstruction in 1877.
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ordinance
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a law set forth by a governmental authority.
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radical
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holding a politicial view that calls for extreme change.
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proclamation of amnesty and reconstruction
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offered a full pardon to all but few southerners involved in the war.
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andrew johnson
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became presidnet when lincoln was assassinated.
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thirteenth amendment
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passed in 1865.
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wyatt outlaw
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american republic leader.
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w. stephens
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murdered may 1870.
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george w. kirk.
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command to colnel.
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the kirk-holden war
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called by the governors.
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rutherford b. hayes
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withdrew the army from southern states.
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ku klux klan
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secret secedy.
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carpet baggers
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suitcase of carpeting.
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scalawags
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enemies who believed that anyone that worked for the new governments was a crook or traitor.
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fifteenth amendment
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february 1869 it passed.
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impeach
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february 1868 they voted to impeach
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joint committee of reconstruction
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made up members and houses.
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freedoms bureau
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an agency
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fourteenth amendment
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passed in june 1866.
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radical
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wanted to protect the rights.
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ordinance
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declared slavery abolished.
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