Unit 10 - Civil War Vocabulary

Town near Virginia where Lee surrendered to Grant, ending the Civil War

• Appomattox Courthouse

• Battle of Antietam

• Battle of Gettysburg

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Civil War battle where the North succeeded in halting Confederate forces in Maryland. Bloodiest battle of the Civil War

• Confederate States of America

• Battle of Antietam

• Battle of Gettysburg

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Turning point of the Civil War that made it clear the North would win. 50,000 people died.

• Confederate States of America

• Battle of Antietam

• Battle of Gettysburg

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Deadliest war in American history; conflict between north (Union) and South (Confederacy). Eleven southern slaves states wanted to secede from the Union.

• Confederate States of America

• Battle of Antietam

• Battle of Gettysburg

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Confederate efforts to use the importance of southern cotton to Britain’s textile industry (fabrics) to persuade the British to support them in the Civil War

• Confederate States of America

• Cotton Diplomacy

• Battle of Gettysburg

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Commander of the Confederate Army

• Confederate States of America

• General Robert E. Lee

• Emancipation Proclamation

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Warship covered with protective iron plates, helped the north to blockade southern ports from European trade.

• Confederate States of America

• Total War

• Ironclad

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A conflict in which the participating countries devote all of their resources to the war effort.

• Confederate States of America

• Total War

• Ulysses S. Grant

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An American general, 18^th President. Lead the Union Army in the Civil War

• Confederate States of America

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• Ulysses S. Grant

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The United States as one nation united under a single government.  The “Union” was referred to as the North.

• Confederate States of America

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• Union

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