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| Emancipation Proclamation |
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| A decree freeing all enslaved persons in states still in Rebellion after January 1, 1863. Didn't address slavery in the border states. Only freed slaves living in Confederate states. |
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| A prision for captured Union soldiers. (Southern Prison) |
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| Took 1,700 troops on a cavalry raid through Mississippi. Led a force to distract Vicksburg defenders. |
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| Turning point of war in East. |
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| Became one of the best-known orations in American history. Was about how all men were equal. |
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| Union president during Civil War, ran for senate against Stephen A. Douglas. |
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| Vice president, democrat of Tennessee, remained loyal to the Union. Impeached by Radical Republicans. |
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| Peace democrats who were named after the poisonous snakes by Republicans. |
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| Union general and Gettysburg general. Began a campaign to seize control of two rivers, Cumberland and Tennessee River. |
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| Confederate general, one of the best senior officers in the United States. |
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| The surrender of Lee to Grant. |
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| A hard biscuit made of wheat flour. |
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| Began following his troops seeking food and shelter. Used for African Americans after Emancipation Proclamation. |
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| Shaw led his troops to a deadly one day battle. |
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| Took his troops along Antietam Creek. Fired by Lincoln, over cautious and let Lee escape. |
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| Arrived with their belongings in suitcases made of carpet fabric. Came to South to make money. |
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| Banning slavery in the United States. |
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| Granted citizenship to all born persons or naturalized in the United States. |
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| Suffrage, declared the right to vote. |
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| Blockade Southern ports, isolate the Confederacy, cut off flow of supplies. Made my Winfield Scott. |
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| An old scotch, Irish term for weak, underfed, worthless, or traitor. |
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| Compromise between the moderates and the radicals, but didn't pass because Lincoln pocket vetoed it. |
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| Paper money and was called that because of its color because of the Legal Tender Act. |
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| A group of Republicans led by Thaddeus Stevens. Wanted to ratify the 14th Amendment. |
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| Led the Pickett's charge, troops marching toward's Union forces at Cemetery Ridge. |
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| Scandal broke in 1875, St. Louis tax report. Distiller (Alcohol maker) filed false reports, led to the Panic of 1879. |
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| To pardon, freedom from prosecution. |
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| Paid rent with foods or crops. Replaced slavery. |
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| Secession of Congress expire without signing the legislation. |
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