Chapter 16 American Stories (copy)

In a conflict, neither side has a clear path to victory

A document signed by Abraham Lincoln declaring freedom for slaves

to join

Infantry regiment made up of African-American soldiers

Commander of the 54th Massachusetts

A military outpost that guarded the port of Charleston where the 54th Massachusetts led an unsuccessful attack

For his bravery in the fight at Fort Wagner, he became the first African-American to receive the congressional medal honor

Mandatory Military service

release from obligation to serve

a law concerning a military draft

Individuals or groups who are blamed for the actions of others

The right of an arrested person to go before a judge prior to going to jail

Certificates offered for sale with the promise that the purchaser will be paid back at a later date with interest

an 1862 law that replaced currencies of individual banks with one national currency

Military prison in Illinois that held enemy confederate

Supplied food

A disease linked to malnutrition

Military prison in Illinois that held enemy soldiers

Keeping people with certain disease away from the general population

Military prison in NY that held enemy confederate soldiers

Military prison in Georgia that held enemy union soldiers

Confederate prison commander who was later executed for war crimes

Union general who lost the battle of Fredericksburg

Union general who lost the battle of Chancellorsville

Site of a significant confederate victory

Union general who became the commander of the army of the Potomac

Cliffs

Confederate general who commanded forces at Vicksburg

Union admiral who transported Grant’s troops at Vicksburg

Small Fleets

Gave the union control of the Mississippi & split the confederacy in half

Site of a famous 3 day battle which became the turning point in war

A high vantage point that gave the union an advantage during the battle of Gettysburg

Confederate general who led a disastrous attack against union forces at Gettysburg

Famous speech made by Abraham Lincoln on November 19,1863 to commemorate the loss of the union soldiers & to dedicate a cemetery

Led the union to victory at Vicksburg then became commander of the whole union army

led the union’s march to the sea

A strategy where all the “rules of war” are ignored and all resources are devoted to defeating the enemy regardless of cost

Vice president of the Confederate states of America

Location where Robert E. Lee surrendered

A highly addictive pain medicine

people who had served in the military

Prohibited slavery in the United States

being enslaved

The authority to enforce laws in a given area

Give African-Americans full equality under the law

Gave African-Americans voting rights

rebuilding the south

An actor and confederate sympathizer who fatally shot Abraham Lincoln

To murder

Succeeded Lincoln as president

Believed the former confederacy should be punished for seccession and the war

Those killed or injured in war

Law passed by Britain in 1833 that outlawed slavery throughout the empire

Federal lands were sold with the money used to fund public colleges

Provided land grants to small farmers