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5/07/12: Today’s Plan Vocabulary 21-31 Quiz Early Events of the Civil War After Quiz: HW Read about Antietam and Gettysburg – Fill out Major Battles Sheet Due Wednesday. Start in class. Can also play a round or two of the card game once everyone finishes. Those who need to correct Manifest Destiny will talk to me after their Quiz.
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Civil War Vocabulary
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21. IRONCLADS: Ships covered with iron plates. Revolutionized naval warfare. The USS Monitor vs. the Merrimac (renamed CSS Virginia).
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22. INFANTRY: Foot soldiers
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23. MAIN ATTACK: Concentrated attack against an enemy’s weakest point
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24. FLANKS: The sides of an army’s lines. A flanking movement attacks these.
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25. EMANCIPATION: The freeing of the slaves; liberation Barbados emancipation statue commemorating the abolishment of slavery in 1834.
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26. FORAGE: Search for food at the expense of local farmers.
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27. SOWBELLY: Salted pork rations – salt preserves
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28. HIRELING: Person hired for wages only to fight (like a mercenary).
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29. SCORE: A set of 20 2 score + 5 score147+7=
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30. CONSECRATE: To dedicate – to declare or make sacred; to hallow.
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31. PROPOSITION: An idea that has been put forth.
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