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U.S. History [r]: The history of the United States from the colonial era to the present. ^[e]
United States of America [r]: Constitutional republic in North America, has major land borders with Mexico and Canada. ^[e]
Confederate States of America [r]: Government formed by eleven southern states of the United States between 1861 and 1865, during the American Civil War. ^[e]

Abraham Lincoln [r]: (1809-65) Born in Illinois, President of the United States during the American Civil War. ^[e]
Jefferson Davis [r]: (1808-1889) Democratic Senator from Mississippi, Secretary of War, and president of the Confederate States of America. ^[e]
Slavery [r]: A social system in which people have legal rights of property ownership over others. ^[e]
U.S. slavery era [r]: The history of black slavery in the United States. ^[e]

U.S. Civil War, Origins [r]: The U.S. Civil War emerged from the expansion of slavery in the U.S. and its implication in all aspects of U.S. society, economy, and politics. ^[e]
Missouri Compromise [r]: Add brief definition or description
Compromise of 1850 [r]: In U.S. history a series of laws intending to resolve pro-slavery/anti-slavery issues but yielded only greater conflict leading, eventually, to the U.S. Civil War. ^[e]
Kansas Nebraska Act [r]: A U.S. Congressional Act of 1854 creating the territories of Kansas and Nebraska, and allowing the settlers to decide whether or not to allow slavery. ^[e]
John Brown [r]: (1800-59) American abolitionist who led a raid on the U.S. federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry and was hanged for his efforts, becoming a martyr in the antislavery fight as a result. ^[e]

First Battle of Bull Run [r]: Add brief definition or description
Second Battle of Bull Run [r]: Add brief definition or description
Battle of Hampton Roads [r]: Fought in March 1862 during the American Civil War, the first combat between steam-powered armored warships, CSS Virginia and USS Monitor ^[e]
Battle of Gettysburg [r]: A turning point in the American Civil War, July 1-3, 1863, on the outskirts of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. ^[e]
Battle of Shiloh [r]: Add brief definition or description
Battle of Chickamauga [r]: Add brief definition or description
Vicksburg Campaign [r]: The major action in the western theater of the American Civil War, taking place in 1862-1863 ^[e]
Siege of Petersburg [r]: A series of military operations, from mid-June, 1864 to April 1, 1865, in the area around Richmond, Virginia and Petersburg, Virginia; more a positional or trench campaign than a classic siege of an urban area; ^[e]

Ulysses S. Grant [r]: (1822-1885) American general and 18th president of the United States (1869-1877). ^[e]
Robert E. Lee [r]: (1807-1870) American soldier who became the outstanding general of the Confederate army in the American Civil War and a postwar icon of the South's "lost cause." ^[e]
William Tecumseh Sherman [r]: Add brief definition or description

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