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Term
Robert E. Lee
Definition
Commander of the Army
of Northern Virginia and overall commander
of Confederate forces
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Clara Barton
Definition
Civil War nurse who later
founded the American Red Cross
Term
Anaconda Plan
Definition
Union war plan to blockade
all Southern ports and take control
of the Mississippi River
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First Battle of Manassas
Definition
the first major
battle of the Civil War; won by the
Confederacy
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Battle of Antietam
Definition
single bloodiest day of
Civil War; neither side won a clear victory
Term
Emancipation Proclamation
Definition
President
Lincoln’s announcement freeing all
enslaved persons in the Confederate states
Term
Battle of Gettysburg
Definition
one of the costliest
battles of the Civil War; won by the Union
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score
Definition
twenty
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consecrate
Definition
to make sacred
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Fort Sumter
Definition
fort in the harbor of
Charleston, South Carolina, whose bombardment
marked the beginning of the
Civil War
Term
Underground Railroad
Definition
a series of hiding
places forming the route to freedom for
African Americans fleeing slavery
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draft
Definition
A system in which people are required to serve in the military.
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Ulysses S. Grant
Definition
A union general.
Term
George Mcclellan
Definition
Another union general.
Term
William T. Sherman
Definition
A general
Term
Zebulon B. Vance
Definition
A man who said a famous quote.
Term
Robert F. Hoke
Definition
A north carolina general.
Term
Albemarle
Definition
A confederate ironclad ship that was a threat to union control of the coastal waters.
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Fort Fischer
Definition
The fort that protected wilmington.
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Battle of Bentonville
Definition
Bloodiest nc civil war battle.
Term
Reconstruction
Definition
the process of rebuilding
the South after the Civil War
Term
Black Codes
Definition
laws passed by Southern
states after the Civil War that limited the
freedom of formerly enslaved people
Term
Freedmen’s Bureau
Definition
a federal agency
set up in 1865 to help both whites and
African Americans in the South
Term
Fifteenth Amendment
Definition
1870 constitutional
amendment declaring that the right to
vote cannot be denied because of race,
color, or previous condition of servitude
Term
carpetbagger
Definition
insulting nickname for a
Northerner who went South after the
Civil War
Term
Civil Rights Act of 1871
Definition
law that gave
Americans the right to sue anyone trying
to restrict their constitutional rights
Term
Kirk-Holden War
Definition
incident in which
Colonel George W. Kirk and his army of
followers imprisoned men suspected to
be members of the Ku Klux Klan
Term
Rutherford B. Hayes
Definition
president who
ended Reconstruction in 1877
Term
ordinance
Definition
a law set forth by a governmental
authority
Term
radical
Definition
holding a political view that calls
for extreme change
Term
amnesty
Definition
a pardon
Term
amendment
Definition
a change in a bill or law
Term
reconstruction
Definition
rebuilding
Term
Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction
Definition
A plan created by lincoln
Term
Andrew Johnson
Definition
20th prez
Term
Thirteenth Amendment
Definition
Amendment # 13
Term
ratified
Definition
to formaly approve
Term
W. W. Holden
Definition
a provisional govoner of nc
Term
Ordinance
Definition
dunno.
Term
Black codes
Definition
laws that limited african americans rights
Term
radical
Definition
cool
Term
Joint commitee of reconstruction
Definition
a commitee
Term
freedmens bureau
Definition
a bill passed to extend life
Term
fourteenth amendment
Definition
amendment number 14
Term
impeach
Definition
to charge a public official with wrongdoing
Term
fifteenth amendment
Definition
amendment # 15
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carpetbaggers
Definition
an insult to southeners
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