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165264311013th, 14th, and 15th AmendmentsCivil War amendments (abolished slavery , citizenship, voting rights).0
1652643111Border statesin the civil war the states between the north and the south: delaware, mayland, kentucky, and missouri.1
1652643112Ulysses S. Grantan American general and the eighteenth President of the United States (1869-1877). He achieved international fame as the leading Union general in the American Civil War.2
1652643113Robert Leegeneral who took command of the Confederate forces; achieved victory at the Second Battle of Bull Run3
1652643114George McClellanA general for northern command of the Army of the Potomac in 1861; nicknamed "Tardy George" because of his failure to move troops to Richmond; lost battle vs. General Lee near the Chesapeake Bay; Lincoln fired him twice.4
1652643115Total warA war that involves the complete mobilization of resources and people, affecting the lives of all citizens in the warring countries, even those remote from the battlefields.5
1652643116War of attritionA war based on wearing the other side down by constant attacks and heavy losses6
1653792619First Battle of Bull RunFirst "real" battle of the Civil War, it was expected by Union officials to be short but ended up a Confederate victory7
1653792620Emancipation Proclamation(AL) , Issued by abraham lincoln on september 22, 1862 it declared that all slaves in the confederate states would be free8
1653792621Appomattox CourthouseApril 1865., the Virginia town where Robert E. Lee surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant in 1865, ending the Civil War9

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