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Civil War Vocabulary
Civil War Vocabulary
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An introduction to the main vocabulary for the U.S. Civil War.
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A branch of the military in which soldiers traveled and fought on foot is called...
Cavalry
Infantry
Slavery
Navy
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Withdrawal from the Federal government of the United States is to...
Blockade
Desertion
Secede
Emancipation
3
What was the Battle of Bull Run/Manassas?
First major land battle of the Civil War
First major victory for The Union Army
First major defeat for the Confederate Army
First major naval battle of the Civil War
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Promoting the interests of a region (such as North or South) instead of the entire country.
Secede
Sectionalism
Regiment
Slavery
5
The South or the Confederate States of America, the states that seceded from the U.S.A.
Union
Confederacy
Cavalry
Border States
6
A network of places that abolitionists used to help slaves escape to freedom
Underground Railroad
Slavery
Fort Sumter
Infanty
7
A blockade is...
The blocking of waterways, or inlets, by ships of war.
The blocking of train tracks
Someone who opposes the war.
Canons, rifles, and bullets
8
Freedom from slavery is called...
Popular Sovereignty
Contraband
Slavery
Emancipation
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Cannon and mortars used in the Civil War to support the infantry and defend fixed positions.
Arsenal
Artillery
Regiment
Infantry
10
A state of bondage in which African Americans (and some Native Americans) were owned by people.
Slavery
Underground Railroad
Infantry
Yankee
11
Charleston, South Carolina where the first battle of the Civil War began on April 12, 1861
Bull Run/Manassas
Fort Sumter
Fort Daly
Missouri Compromise
12
When soldiers deliberately and permanently leave military service
dysentery
Sectionalism
desertion
Draft
13
People being able to decide whether or not slavery is okay in their state is called...
Popular Sovereignty
Desertion
Secede
Regiment
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A place where weapons and other military supplies are stored.
Artillery
Arsenal
Weapons center
Storehouse
15
A Person opposed to slavery and in favor of ending it
Abolitionist
Artillery
Arsenal
Separatist
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The term during the Civil War to provide fresh manpower for the Union Army was called...
Infantry
Sectionalism
Emancipation
Draft
17
The basic unit of the Civil War soldiers, usually made up of 1,000 to 1,500 men
Battalion
Armada
Regiment
Artillery
18
This was passed to keep the balance of power in Congress between slave and free states,
Peculiar Institution
Underground Railroad
Sectionalism
Missouri Compromise
19
A Northerner; someone loyal to the Federal government of the United States
Yankee
Red Coat
Infantry
Rebel
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A war between citizens of the same country is called a ....
Cold War
Civil War
War of Attrition
Religious War
21
Delaware, Kentucky, Maryland, and Missouri were...
States committed to the North
Border States undecided on their loyalty
Loyal to the South
Loyal to the North
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powers of the individual states viewed as greater than the powers of the Federal govt.
Sectionalism
States' Rights
Artillery
Arsenal
23
Escaped slaves who fled to the Union lines for protection were called...
Contraband
Abolitionists
Battalions
Cavalry
24
Men, trained and equipped, who fight from horseback. Not the same as mounted infantry
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Artillery
Infantry
Navy
Cavalry
25
Intestinal disease causing severe diarrhea.
Dysentery
Regiment
Yankee
Infantry
26
Another term for slavery in the South.
Sectionalism
Slavery
Peculiar Institution
Underground Railroad
