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18 Cards in this Set
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TOTAL WAR
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The destruction of armies as well as resources. (Southern citizens suffered when the North did this.)
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GREENBACKS
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Paper money issued by the United States government that was not backed by gold or silver.
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BOUNTY
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Payment to soldiers for entering the armed services.
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BORDER STATES
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The states along the line that divided the Union and confederacy
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MARTIAL LAW
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A form of military rule that suspends Bill of Rights guarantees; laws administered by the military in an emergency situation when civilian law-enforcement agencies can't maintain order.
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STRATEGY
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A plan
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REBELS
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Members of the Confederate Army.
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YANKEES
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Members of the Union Army in the Civil War
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COMMANDER
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To take over or seize.
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BLOCKADE RUNNER
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A fast ship that broke through a blocked port.
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IRONCLAD
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Ironplated ships
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QUOTA
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A fixed number limit.
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CONSCRIPTION
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The drafting of men for military service.
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HABEUS CORPUS
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Legal principle that guarantees persons arrested the right to know charges brought against them and to appear before a judge in a court of law.
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EMANCIPATION
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freeing of enslaved persons.
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EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION
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President Lincoln's Act that declared slavery illegal to the Confederacy.
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SIEGE
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The act of surrounding and attacking a fortified area over a period of time.
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COPPERHEADS
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The Peace Democrats who believed the Civil War should end at any cost.
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