Civil War Period 8 Flashcards
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Total war
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A fight against enemy troops and everything that supports them
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Copperheads
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Northern Democrats calling for peace.
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Conscription
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A law forcing men into military service.
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Bounty
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A cash payment to army volunteers
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Battle of Gettysburg
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A union victory in Pennsylvania
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Pickett’s Charge
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A failed attack by 13,000 Confederates.
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Siege of Vicksburg
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A Union victory on the Mississippi
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Ulysses S. Grant
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The Union General at Appomattox.
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Robert E. Lee
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The Confederate general at Appomattox
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William Tecumseh Sherman
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The Union general who burned cities on his march through Georgia.
