Two Miserable Presidents Vocabulary

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a permanent unit of an army

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regiment

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a war that is unrestricted in rules; anything goes

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total war

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What was a disaster for the Union Army and nearly changed the course of the Civil War?

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Chickamauga

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a network of secret routes and safe houses that helped slaves escape to freedom

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Underground Railroad

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a farm specializing in cash crops

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plantation

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the name given to the United States during the American Civil War

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Union

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a U.S. state that does not permit slavery

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free state

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the first major land battle of the American Civil War

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Bull Run

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the action of withdrawing formally from the Union

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secession

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A strategy to defeat the Confederacy during the Civil War

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Anaconda Plan