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throesA hard or painful struggle
amnestyA decision that a group of people will not be punished or that a group of prisoners will be allowed to go free Across Five Aprils, p.165
In December Abraham Lincolnissued a proclamation of amnesty, in which hepromised pardon and full rights to any individual Confederate who would swear to protect the Constitution and the Union of the states, to abide by the government’s pronouncements against slavery
err
To make a mistake
irreparableNot capable of being repaired or regained
complicityThe fact that someone is involved in or knows about something bad that happens
siegeAn attack in which an army surrounds a castle or city in order to take control of it
The quality of being shockingly cruel and inhumane
atrocities
bigotA person who strongly or unfairly dislikes other people whose ideas or beliefs are different from his or her own
clemencyA decision not to punish someone severely Across Five Aprils, p.165
This vindictiveness was urged on by men in high places who resented the President’s spirit of clemency as violently as they resented the tenacity of the South.
gauntVery thin, usually because you are sick, tired, or worried
What we know best of Abraham Lincoln is his face. Gaunt and furrowed, with hollow cheeks, dark, shadowed eyes and a cowlick in his hair, as if he didn’t quite know what to do with a comb.
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