8th Grade Chapter 16 Vocab Review #2

An escaped slave who joined the Union Army during the Civil War

• Contrabands

• 54th Massachusetts Infrantry

• Copperheads

• Habeas Corpus

• Battle of Gettysburg

African American Civil War regiment that attacked Fort Wagner in South Carolina

• Contrabands

• 54th Massachusetts Infrantry

• Copperheads

• Habeas Corpus

• Battle of Gettysburg

A group of Northern Democrats who opposed abolition and sympathized with the South during the Civil War

• Contrabands

• 54th Massachusetts Infrantry

• Copperheads

• Habeas Corpus

• Battle of Gettysburg

The Constitutional protection against unlawful imprisonment

• Contrabands

• 54th Massachusetts Infrantry

• Copperheads

• Habeas Corpus

• Battle of Gettysburg

A Union Civil War victory that turned the tide against the Confederates at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania

• Contrabands

• 54th Massachusetts Infrantry

• Copperheads

• Habeas Corpus

• Battle of Gettysburg

A failed Confederate attack during the Civil War led by General George Pickett at the Battle of Gettysburg

• Pickett's Charge

• Gettysburg Address

• Wilderness Campaign

• Total War

• Appomattox Courthouse

A speech given by Abraham Lincoln in which he praised the bravery of Union soldiers and renewed his commitment to winning the Civil War

• Pickett's Charge

• Gettysburg Address

• Wilderness Campaign

• Total War

• Appomattox Courthouse

A series of battles between Union and Confederate forces in Northern and Central Virginia that delayed the capture of Richmond

• Pickett's Charge

• Gettysburg Address

• Wilderness Campaign

• Total War

• Appomattox Courthouse

A type of war in which an army destroys its opponents ability to fight by targeting civilian and economic as well as military resources

• Pickett's Charge

• Gettysburg Address

• Wilderness Campaign

• Total War

• Appomattox Courthouse

The location where General Robert E. Lee was forced to surrender, thus ending the Civil War

• Pickett's Charge

• Gettysburg Address

• Wilderness Campaign

• Total War

• Appomattox Courthouse