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Civil War
3.19.13
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Social Studies
5th Grade
03/18/2013

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Union
Definition
The states that remained loyal to the U.S government.
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Confederacy
Definition
The states that weren't loyal the the U.S government
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Robert E. Lee
Definition
Commander of the confederate states during the civil war
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Ulysses S. Grant
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-18th president of the U.S

-commander of the union forces during the civil war

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Jefferson Davis
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-President of the confederacy during the civil war

-former U.S senator from Mississippi

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Aberham Lincoln 

 

Definition

-16th president

-led the U.S in the civil war

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Harriet Tubman
Definition
Abolitionist who escaped from slavery and became a conductor of the Underground Railroad
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Emancipation proclamation
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Statement issued by aberham Lincoln that all slaves in the confederacme were now free
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Underground Railroad
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System of secret routes used by escaping slaves to move to freedom
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Fugitive slave law
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Law passed by congress that all run away slaves must be returned to slave owner
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13th amendment
Definition

-1865

ended slavery

 

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14th amendment
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-1868

no state can deny any citizen equal protection of law

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15th amendment
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-1870

right for all males of any race to vote

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Assassination
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A killing of a high ranked leader or official
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Yankees
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nickname of a northern/union soldier
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Rebels
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Nickname of a southern/confederate soldier
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Black codes
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Denied African American men to vote or act as jurors in a trial
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Fort Sumter
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-1st shot of the civil war

-started war

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Battle of the bull run
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1st major battle of the civil war
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Vicksburg
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-Helped block all trade in the south

-divided the confederacy in 2 parts

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Gettysburg
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-Turning point of the civil war

-gave the north advantage

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