Vocabulary Test: Unit 3 - U.S. Civil War and Reconstruction

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Sixteenth president of the United States (1861-65), who preserved the Union during the American Civil War and brought about the emancipation of the slaves.

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Abraham Lincoln

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A tax required before a person can vote.

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Poll Tax

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Political party that believed in the non-expansion of slavery.

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Republican Party

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To withdraw formally from membership in a federal union, alliance, or a political or religious organization.

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Secede/Secession

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A special order by President Lincoln on January 1st, 1863 declaring slaves in Confederate states were free

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Emancipation Proclamation (1863)

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President of the Confederacy during the Civil War.

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Jefferson Davis

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The rights and powers held by individual U.S. states rather than by the federal government.

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States Rights

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A three day battle that involved the largest number of casualties of the entire war and is often described as the war's turning point.

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Battle of Gettysburg (1863)

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The bringing of formal charges against a public official

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Impeachment

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The attempt to rebuild and reform the political, social, and economic systems of the South after the Civil War.

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Reconstruction