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Chapter 15 Civil War
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04/26/2011

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Bull Run
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: This first battle near Washington, D.C. was a major victory for the Confederates
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Antietam:
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Union troops suffered heavy losses at this battle in Maryland. President Lincoln delivered the Emancipation Proclamation to inspire the troops to continue the fight.
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Emancipation Proclamation:
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was issued by President Lincoln to end slavery in the Confederacy, but not in slave states that stayed in the Union. It was suppose to give his troops another reason to fight the war.
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Total War:
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practiced by General Sherman when he destroyed his opponent’s ability and will to fight.
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Abraham Lincoln:
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was the President of the United States of America
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Jefferson Davis:
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the President of the Confederacy
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Gettysburg Address:
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speech that declared a battlefield a national cemetery
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15th Amendment:
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blacks became citizens of the United States and guaranteed them the same legal rights as whites.
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Merrimac:
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a sunken ship raised by the Confederates and covered it in thick metal plates that could take cannon blasts. It defeated several Union ships.
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Sharecropping:
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system of renting farmland for a portion of the crop.
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14th Ammendment:
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made blacks citizens of the United States
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Appomattox:
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the courthouse in Virginia where General Lee surrendered to General Grant to end the Civil War.
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T.J. Jackson:
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stood firm like a “Stonewall” during the battle of the 1st Bull Run. His Confederate troops regrouped and won the battle.
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Clara Barton:
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Nurse for the Union Army...later founded the American Red Cross
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Sally Tompkins:
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Stated a hosiptal in the south...saved many lives
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13th Amenmendment
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Abolished slavery
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Fort Sumter
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the first shots were fired by the South in South Carolina..no shots were fired by the north.
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