Freedom for Our Brothers and Sisters
The act of setting someone free.
liberation
paper money introduced during the civil war
greenback
The biggest battle in Pennsylvania where Union forces stopped a Confederate invasion of the North.
Battle of Gettysburg (1863)
Poet who wrote about the Civil War...no, not your teacher!
Walt Whitman
To approve
ratify
Issued by Lincoln, freeing all slaves in areas still at war with the Union.
Emancipation Proclamation
This financial trouble began for both North and South where prices for items rose and the worth of money decreased.
inflation
A failed Confederate attack during the Civil War led by George Pickett at the Battle of Gettysburg.
Pickett's Charge
Confederate supporter who assassinated Abraham Lincoln.
John Wilkes Booth
To free
emancipate
Battle in Maryland that ended Lee's first invasion of the North
Battle of Antietam
The North and South took to drafting men for the military, which was called...
conscription
The surrounding of the city of Vicksburg, Mississippi, by Union forces
Siege of Vicksburg (1863)
The constitutional amendment ratified after the Civil War that ended slavery.
Thirteenth Amendment
To lengthen (in time)
prolong
A regiment of African-American soldiers that gained fame for its courageous assault on Fort Wagner, South Carolina
54th Massachusetts Volunteers
Northern Democrats that favored peace with the South and were opponents to Lincoln (they strike without warning).
Copperheads
Union general Sherman's destructive march across Georgia
Sherman's March to the Sea
Washington, D.C. theater where Lincoln was shot
Ford's Theatre
To remove
dislodge
The Political position of power Abraham Lincoln took to control the armed forces to ensure that everyone abided with the new declaration of freeing slaves.
Commander-in-Chief
This Civil War Nurse founded the American Red Cross and helped many wounded soldiers.
Clara Barton
Small town in Virginia where Robert E. Lee surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant ending the Civil War
Appomattox Court House
Name all FOUR of the types of changes that affected America after the Civil War.
Social, Political, Economic, Warfare
What is the phrase called where the government is prevented from holding citizens without formal charges
writ of habeaus corpus