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CHAPTER 16 VOCAB
Question | Answer |
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Fort Sumter | is on the harbor of Charlestown, South Carolina |
Robert E. Lee | a talented military leader |
Border States | Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky, and Missouri..... were slave states that borderd states in which slavery was illegal |
King cotton | a way to win foreign support |
Anaconda Plan | the plan was designed to the smother the souths economy |
blockade | were armed forces prevent the transportation of goods or people into an area |
first battle of bull run | were general irving mcdowell clashed with confederate forces headed by general pierre |
hygiene | conditions and practices that promote health |
rifle | is a gun with a grooved barrel that causes a bullet to spin |
minie ball | is a bullet with a hollow base |
ironclads | warship covered with iron |
ulysses s. Grant | was a victorious union general in the west |
battle of shiloh | was in tennessee were it turned into the fiercest fighting |
cavalry | soldiers on horseback |
seven days' battle | were the two sides clashed for a week |
battle of antietam | the bloodiest battle the civil war had seen |