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Ch.17 vocab hm
Question | Answer |
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Emancipation proclamation | Legally freed all slaves in rebellious confederate states |
54 Massachusetts regiment | Most famous African American regiment of the civil war |
Copperhead | Northerner who opposed the war |
Conscription | Law that forced men to fight in the war |
Bounty | Payment to men who volunteered for the army |
Income tax | Tax on earnings |
Greenback | New type of paper money |
Clara barton | Woman who organized relief agencies to help soldiers |
Battle of gettysburg | Union victory that put the north ahead in the war |
Pickett charge | Confederate attack on union lines at gettysburg |
Robert E lee | Confederate general |
Ulysses s grant | Union general |
Siege of Vicksburg | Union victory that split the south in two |
William Tecumseh Sherman | Union general who won significant victories |
Appomattox court house | Location of south surrender |
Thirteenth amendment | Constitutional amendment that officially ended slavery |
John Wilkes booth | Confederate who murdered president lincoln |