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- People killed, wounded, captured or missing in battle.
- The General for the Confederate Army who also signed the terms of surrender at Appomattox Court House.
- War to whole society, such as destroying everything that is useful to enemy
- This woman cared for many wounded soldiers in battle and later founded the Red Cross.
- The Superintendent, or leader, of the nurses for the Union hospitals.
- A Union Army General who led the Union to victory, and who would later be elected as President of the United States.
- The first ten amendments to Constitution are known as the __________________ of _________________________.
- How did states approve or not approve of the new Constitution?
- . Who was the commander of the Continental Army?
- What caused France to abandon its hopes of an empire in the west and sell the Louisiana Territory to the U.S.?
- What was the compromise that decided how slaves would be counted in determining a states' population?
- The plan for government that small states liked was named after the state of ______________________________.
- Which leader sold the Louisiana Territory to the United States?
- What power did the federal government lack (or not have) under the Articles of Confederation?
- Started by George Washington, what is the name given to the group who helps to advise the President? "Group of advisors"
- What is the name of this approval process for the Constitution?
- The Constitutional Convention (CC) was held in the year ____________, in _____________________________ (city).
- The main conflict between the northern states and southern states at the CC was __________________________.
- True or False: Men were the only group allowed to be represented at the constitutional convention. African Americans, women, and Native Americans were not allowed to attend.
- During the Revolutionary war, people who rebelled against Britain were called what?