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blockade |
the use of naval forces to stop shipping |
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boarder states |
the slave states between the DeepSouth states and the northern states |
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Confederate States of America |
the governmentformed by the seceding states (which eventuallynumbered eleven) during the Civil War |
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casualties |
people killed, wounded, captured, andmissing in war |
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conscripted |
drafted |
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freedmen |
the name given to former slaves |
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inflation |
a condition where prices rise rapidly andmoney buys less |
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iron
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an armored ship
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emancipation
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the freeing of slaves |
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Emancipation Proclamation |
a declaration by AbrahamLincoln that slaves in rebel territory were to befree beginning on January 1, 1863 |
