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Civil War
Civil War Unit 3
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9th Grade
02/18/2018
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Abraham Lincoln
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16th President of the U.S.A. from 1861-1865, during the Civil War; He passed the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863, freeing slaves in rebel states and gave the famous, "Gettysburg Address."
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The Union (Army)
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A general term for the United States during the Civil War which also was used to refer to the Northern army. Also known as "federals."
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The Confederate States
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The name given to the new nation and government when delegates from the states of South Carolina, Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, and Georgia seceded from the Union; they elected Jefferson Davis as their President. Also known as "rebels."
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plantation
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a large estate or farm that used enslaved people or hired workers to grow and harvest crops
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abolitionist
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A person who was part of a movement before and during the Civil War to end slavery.
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