US History A CP Unit 2- Vocabulary – Flashcards
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Anaconda Plan
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a plan devised by General Winfield Scott, involved a blockade
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Emancipation Proclamation
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President Lincoln's plan that would emancipate or free, enslaved people in areas still controlled by the confederacy
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scalawags
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a white southerner who moved to the south after the civil war for political gain
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censorship
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control of free expression
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Habeas Corpus
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the right of a citizen to ask a court to decide if a prisoner is being held lawful
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trench warfare
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soldiers fighting from long ditches in the ground
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amnsety
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a government prison for an offense
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blockade
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a barrier of ships or troops that prevents goods from entering or leaving a area
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conscription
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the act of requiring people to serve in the military
