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| reconstruction |
(cap.) in U.S. history, the period immediately following the Civil War. [1/2 definitions] |
| Roundhead |
an adherent of the Parliamentary or Puritan party during the English civil war in the seventeenth century. |
| scalawag |
a white Republican in the South during the Resconstruction period following the American Civil War (used contemptuously). [1/2 definitions] |
| secession |
(often cap.) the withdrawal of the Southern states from the United States in the early 1860s, which led to the Civil War. [1/2 definitions] |
| Spanish Civil War |
a civil war fought in Spain between 1936 and 1939. |
| underground railroad |
(often cap.) a secret system established by former slaves and abolitionists before the U.S. Civil War to help fugitive slaves reach places of safety. |
| unionism |
(cap.) at the time of the U.S. Civil War, support of a federal union. [1/3 definitions] |
| War Between the States |
the U.S. Civil War, esp. as referred to in the former states of the Confederacy. |
| Wars of the Roses |
the civil war waged in England between the houses of York and Lancaster from 1455 to 1485, ending with their union and the accession of Henry VII. |
| Yankee |
a native or resident of a northern U.S. state, esp. a Northern soldier during the Civil War. [1/3 definitions] |
| Zouave |
a member of any military unit adopting a similar uniform and drill, esp. any of certain volunteers in the U.S. Civil War. [1/2 definitions] |
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