The Civil War

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Copperheads

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Northerners who opposed using force to save the Union

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Border State

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A slave state that had to choose to join either the North or South. There were 8 of these.

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Union troops

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Troops for the North

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Income Tax

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A tax on the money people earned from their jobs. This was done to raise money for the war.

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emancipate

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This means "to free".

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draft

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This requires all males, of a certain age, to serve in the military when called upon.

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54th Massachusetts Regiment

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One of the most courageous African-American units in the Civil War

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Confederates

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Troops for the South

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inflation

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When each side began printing paper money, this led to a decrease in the value of a dollar and a rise in the prices of goods.

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Appomattox Court House

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Place where Robert E. Lee surrenders to the North and to Ulysses S. Grant

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Total War

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Grant's plan against the South to destroy all food, equipment, livestock, or anything else that would help the South

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Abraham Lincoln

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Writer of the Emancipation Proclamation and The Gettysburg Address

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Jefferson Davis

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President of the Confederate States of America

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Clara Barton

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Founder of the American Red Cross

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Robert E. Lee

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President Lincoln asked this military leader to lead the Union troops, but he sided with the South and later surrendered at Appomattox Court House.

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Ulysses S. Grant

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This military leader came up with the idea of "total war"