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Ch. 16 Secs. 2-4
Ch 16 secs. 2-4
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History
8th Grade
05/14/2010

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Term
First Major Battle of Civil War
Definition
First Bull Run
Term
Monitor and Merrimack
Definition

Two ironclad ships that signlaed a new age in Naval warfare

Monitor = North's ship

Merrimack = South's ship

Term
Robert E. Lee's right hand man
Definition
Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson
Term

Bloodiest day of Civil War

Also led to the issuing of Emancipation Proclamation

Definition
Battle of Antietam
Term
Union General removed from power after Antietam
Definition

General McClellan

He was removed for being to indecisive and not aggressive enough.

Term
Amendment that officially ended slavery in America
Definition
13th
Term
How did African Americans help the Union army
Definition
Spies, guides and eventually soldiers
Term
How were black soldiers treated differently than white soldiers?
Definition
Received lower pay than white soldiers
Term
three reasons why soldiers deserted
Definition
Starvation, fear of death and disease
Term
name three women who helped the Union or Confederacy during the Civil War
Definition

Rose O'neal Greenhow (CSA)

Loretta Janeta Velazquez (CSA)

Clara Barton (USA)

Harriet Tubman (USA)

Dorthea Dix (USA)

Term
two names for Northerners who did not support Lincoln's views towards the war
Definition
Peace Democrats or Copperheads
Term
What did Lincoln do to prevent Northerners from aiding the South?
Definition
He suspended habeas corpus, which is the right to trial before being sent to jail.
Term
South's Economy during the Civil War
Definition

Suffered a great deal because most battles were fought in the South and because of the North's blockad.

The South suffered severe inflation.

Term
Inflation
Definition

When the price of goods go up.

South suffered 9,000% inflation.

North suffered 80% inflation

Term
greenbacks
Definition
paper money printed by the North during the Civil War
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