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1) DEFINE
*Greenback: a piece of paper money (especially one issued by a central bank); "he peeled off five one-thousand-zloty notes"
*Conscription: compulsory military service
*Habeas Corpus: One of a variety of writs that may be issued to bring a party before a court or judge, having as its function the release of the party from unlawful restraint.
*Attrition: constant wearing down to weaken or destroy
2) ID
*Robert E. Lee: American general who led the Confederate Armies in the American Civil War (1807-1870)
*Copperheads: A Northerner who sympathized with the South during the Civil War.
*James Mason: English film actor (1909-1984)
*John Slidell: John Slidell (1793 – July 26, 1871), a native of New York City, moved to Louisiana and became a U.S. representative and a U.S. senator from that state in the mid-nineteenth century.
*Trent Affair: (1861) Incident in the American Civil War involving freedom of the seas.
*Anaconda Plan: The Anaconda Plan was proposed in 1861 by Union General Winfield Scott to win the American Civil War with minimal loss of life, enveloping the Confederacy by blockade at sea and control of the Mississippi River.
3) EXPLAIN
The South had little to no railway transport which mand it difficult to transport goods to trading ports
4) ?
5) The north controled the National Treasury & majored in Industries which mass produced weapons for battle. the south had to raise money & had one industry which made cannons..
6) They had nothing to back up the value of their currency.
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9) DISCRIPTIVE WRITING
Dear Family the north looks incredible the land is more intresting then the south it amazes me as to what technology has been able to do i want to learn how things work and for that reason i an joining the Union to fulfill this dream the industries are pushing out weaons around the clock to arm its solders the land i rich in iron ore which seems to be worth alot the confederate states are being pushed back and overwhelmed see you on the otherside
ADAM