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17 Cards in this Set
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Abraham Lincoln |
President of the United States of America during the Civil War |
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Battle of Antietam |
Major battle in Maryland causing 23,000 casualties (the most American casualties in a single day) |
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Appomattox Courthouse |
Site of the formal surrender of Robert E. Lee and Confederate forces |
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Border States |
Slave states of Missouri, Kentucky, West Virginia, Maryland, and Delaware that remained in the Union |
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Battle of Bull Run |
First major battle of the Civil War; the Union’s attempt to capture Richmond, VA |
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Draft |
Required all able bodied men to serve in the army if called upon |
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Emancipation Proclamation |
Freeing of slaves in Confederate Territory |
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Battle of Gettysburg |
Battle that marked the turning point in the war and the last attempt by Robert E. Lee to invade the North |
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Gettysburg Address |
Brief statement explaining the purpose of the Civil War |
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Income Tax |
Tax on people’s earnings |
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Inflation |
Rise in prices and a devaluation of money |
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Jefferson Davis |
President of the Confederate States of America during the Civil War |
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Martial Law |
Rule by an army instead of an elected government |
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Profiteer |
People that charged excessive prices on needed goods |
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Robert E. Lee |
Leader of the Confederate Army |
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Total War |
Fighting that affects both civilians and soldiers |
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Ulysses S. Grant |
Top general of the United States Army by the war’s end |