American Civil War[r]: {1861-65) war by the U.S. to prevent 11 of its states (the Confederate States of America) from seceding; won by the U.S. after the death of 600,000 people and the abolishment of slavery. [e]
Robert E. Lee[r]: (1807-1870) American soldier who became the outstanding general of the Confederate army in the American Civil War and a postwar icon of the South's "lost cause." [e]
Slavery[r]: A social system in which people have legal rights of property ownership over others. [e]
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Plain Folk of the Old South[r]: Middling white Southerners of the 19th century who owned few slaves or none and who played a major role in the history of the Ante Bellum South, [e]