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civil war
BIG TEST VOCAB/ PEOPLE
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History
7th Grade
02/14/2011

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habeas corpus
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protects people from being held in prison unlawfully
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general william sherman
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capured atalnta & marched to Savannah, leaving a path of destruction and then moved on to Virginia
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martial law
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rule by the army
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casualties
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soldiers killed, wounded, captured, or missing
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general thomas "stonewall" jackson
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general for the confederacy; known for being brave; killed by his own men by accident; robert e. lee's right hand man
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General Ulysses S. Grant
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wanted to capture mississippi river; union general who captured confederate forts; put in charge by lincoln
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john wilkes booth
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assassin of abraham lincoln; he wass a famous actor who hated the north
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dorothea dix
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opedned a school to train nurses
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general robert e. lee
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general of the confederacy; surrendered at appomatics court house, VA
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draft
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where any man above a certain age could be called to serve in the army
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copperheads
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northern democrat who opposed the civil war
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