Union - Nickname of the North, Confederacy - the southern states that seceded from the United States in 1861, Civil War (1861-1865) - deadliest war in American history; conflict between north (union) and south (confederacy); 11 southern slave states wanted to secede from Union, Abraham Lincoln - 16th President of the United States saved the Union during the Civil War and emancipated the slaves; was assassinated by Booth (1809-1865), Jefferson Davis - President of the Confederate States of America, emmancipate - to set free, Gettysberg Address (1863) - reaffirmed the notions of freedom and equality, Billy Yanks, Yanks, or Yankees - nickname of Northern Soldiers, Johnnie Rebels - Confederate soldiers, Appomattox Court House - Famous as the site of the surrender of the Confederate Army under Robert E. Lee to Union commander Ulysses S. Grant, Robert E. Lee - Commander of the Confederate Army, William T. Sherman and the March to the Sea - Campaign from Atlanta to the Atlantic Ocean; Union army destroyed everything on path; "forty acres and a mule" legend, Ulysses S. Grant - General of the Union Army, Total War - war that impacts civilians and soldiers, destroying all recourses so the enemy can't use them,

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