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1032 matches to American Civil War
American Civil War. 1861-5. Abolitionist North defeats slave-owning South. Britain and France support South, Russia supports North. Union. Confederacy.
Confederacy. 1861-5. Rebel US government in American Civil War.
Cotton Famine. 1861-5. English depression due to supply cut-off during American Civil War.
Fugitive Slave Acts. 1793-1850. Required return of runaway slaves. American Civil War.
Garfield, James. 1831-81. American Civil War general, US President 1881. Assassinated.
Gilded Age. Post American Civil War period of materialism, questionable ethics. Named by Mark Twain.
Grand Army of the Republic. 1866-1956. Political organization of American Civil War veterans.
Merrimack. 1862. Fought Monitor in first battle of iron-clad ships. American Civil War.
Palmerston, Lord. 1784-1865. English Whig Prime Minister 1855~65. Secretary of War 1809-28. Foreign Secretary 1830~51. Crimean War. American Civil War.
Peninsular Campaign. 1862. Failed Union attempt to take Richmond in American Civil War.
Petersburg Campaign. 1864-5. Virginia. Final action of American Civil War leading to Confederate defeat.
Shenandoah. Site of American Civil War battles 1861-5.
Sherman, William. 1820-91. American Civil War general. -“War is hell”.
Shiloh, Battle. 1862. Second American Civil War battle. No clear victor.
Sumter, Fort. 1861. Confederate attack. First aggression of American Civil War.
Union. The North. States which did not secede during the American Civil War. Confederacy.
Yancey, William. 1814-63. US pro-slavery secession leader. American Civil War.
Adams, John. 1735-1826. Revolutionary, 2nd US president 1797-1801.
Adams, Samuel. 1722-1803. US Revolutionary: -“No taxation without representation”.
AFL-CIO. American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations. AFL 1886. CIO 1935. Merged, 1955. US labour union federation.
Alabama Claims. 1872. US claim damages caused by British built warships in Civil War. $15M=£3.25M awarded by arbitration.
Allen, Ethan. 1738-89. Led Green Mountain Boys in American Revolution. Failed to take Montreal, 1775.
Alliance for Progress. 1961. Coordination of Latin American economies, resistance to communism.
American Civil Liberties Union. ACLU. 1920-. US legal action group supporting civil rights.
American Colonization Society. 1816-1912. Transported blacks to Liberia.