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An ironclad vessel built by the Confederate forces in the hope of breaking the blockade imposed
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A town in western Mississippi on bluffs above the Mississippi River to the west of Jackson
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A middle way between two extremes
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Freeing someone from the control of another
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Legal holiday in the United States, last Monday in May
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The period after the American Civil War when the southern states were reorganized and reintegrated
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A creek in northeastern Virginia where two battles were fought in the American Civil War
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United States politician responsible for the Missouri Compromise between free and slave states
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A war measure that isolates some area of importance to the enemy
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An attack intended to ruin someone's reputation
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The region of the United States lying to the ___ of the Mason-Dixon line
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16th President of the United States
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The southern states that seceded from the United States in 1861
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Screen that shows what a computer is doing
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The withdrawal of eleven southern states from the Union in 1860 which precipitated the American
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The region of the United States lying to the ___ of the Mason-Dixon line
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