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Chapter 17 Vocab VK
Definition | Word |
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Issued by Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863 which freed all slaves | Emancipation Proclamation |
One of the first African American regiments in the Union side | 54th Massachusetts Regiment |
Northern Democrats who favored peace with the souths | Copperhead |
the draft of a law | Conscription |
cash payments | Bounty |
tax on earnings | Income Tax |
Currency issued by the government in 1861 | Greenback |
She oraganized a relief agency for the soldiers in the army | Clara Barton |
Battle in southern Pennsylvania which lasted for 3 days | Battle of Gettysburg |
The Confederate army retreated but the Union did not follow | Pickett's Charge |
Military general who lead many victories in the west | Ulysses s. Grant |
The general for the Confederate army | Robert E. Lee |
Battle where Grant defeated the Confederate soldiers and got Vicksburg | Siege of Vicksburg |
One of the Generals of the Union who pushed to Atlanta | William Tecumesh Sherman |
The place where Lee surrendered | Appomattox Court House |
Said that all slaves were free | Thirteenth Admendment |
Man who shot Lincoln in the balcony of a play | John Wilkes Booth |