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Vocabulary
The Gettysburg Address
Dispatches 13 & 14
Dispatches 15 & 16
Dispatches 17 & 18
100
This term means to “form a notion or idea:”
What is to conceive
100
After Abraham Lincoln gave this speech, this issue became the main reason for fighting the Civil War:
What is slavery
100
The Emancipation Proclamation freed all slaves in ________________states:
What is rebellious
100
Who won the Battle at Gettysburg:
Who is the Union Army
100
The Draft Riots occurred in this city:
What is New York City
200
This term means to happen in “with out real significance or value:”
What is in vain
200
Gettysburg became the nations first:
What is National Cemetery
200
This term means to “win, but at a great cost:”
What is pyrrhic
200
The Battle of Gettysburg took place in this state:
What is Pennsylvania
200
The Draft Riots were in response to this decision by Abraham Lincoln:
What is draft or conscription
300
his term means to “make or declare sacred:”
What is to consecrate
300
f the Civil War was lost and the United States split, the world would see that ___________ was a failure:
What is Republic/Democracy
300
Name the Confederate and Union Commanders that fought at Chancellorsville:
Who are Robert E. Lee and Joseph Hooker
300
Who were the Union and Confederate Commanders at Gettysburg?
Who are Meade and Lee
300
Who was the featured speaker at Gettysburg?
Who is Edward Everett
400
This term means “a suggestion that something be done or thought about:”
What is a proposition
400
Throughout his speech, Lincoln calls for a “____________ of freedom:”
What is Rebirth
400
This great tactical general was shot and killed by his own men:
Who is Stonewall Jackson
400
Which theater AND state was Vicksburg?
What is the western theatre in Mississippi
400
The Gettysburg Address was how long?
What is two minutes
500
This term means to “honor as sacred or holy:”
What is hallow
500
The Battle of Gettysburg, which led to this great speech, lasted how many days?
What is Three
500
Chancellorsville was located in which state?
What is Virginia
500
The Union victory at Vicksburg occurred on this American Holiday in 1863
What is Independence Day
500
People could buy themselves out of the draft by paying this amount of money:
What is $300