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10 Cards in this Set
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Ambrose Burnsides |
Ambrose Everett Burnside was an American soldier, railroad executive, inventor, industrialist, and politician from Rhode Island, serving as governor and a United States Senator. |
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Joseph Hooker |
Joseph Hooker was a career United States Army officer, achieving the rank of major general in the Union Army during the American Civil War. |
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George Pickett |
George Edward Pickett was a career United States Army officer who became a major general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. |
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George Meade |
George Gordon Meade was a career United States Army officer and civil engineer involved in the coastal construction of several lighthouses. He fought with distinction in the Second Seminole War and the Mexican–American War. |
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Elizabeth Blackwell |
Elizabeth Blackwell was a British-born medical practitioner, notable as the first woman to receive a medical degree in the United States, as well as the first woman on the UK Medical Register. |
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What women did during the Civil War |
The Civil War significantly affected the lives of American women. A handful disguised themselves as men and joined the fight. Others served as spies and nurses. Many more took on new roles at home after their husbands, brothers, and fathers responded to the call to arms. |
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Income Tax |
tax levied by a government directly on income, especially an annual tax on personal income. |
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Emancipation |
the fact or process of being set free from legal, social, or political restrictions; liberation. |
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Copperheads |
a Yankee supporter of the South during the Civil War. |
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Habeas Corpus |
is a legal action or writ by means of which detainees can seek relief from unlawful imprisonment. |
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