Civil War Vocabulary

This is the name given to the Southern states that seceded from the Union during the Civil War.

• Border states
• Confederacy
• Emancipation Proclamation
• Casualties

Which of the following terms means "a barrier of troops or ships to keep people and supplies from moving in and out of an area"?

• siege
• blockade
• reinforce
• surrender

Someone that wanted slavery to end.

• Casualty
• Civilian
• Abolitionist
• Rebel

This term means "the separation of a state from a nation."

• surrender
• campaign
• secession
• abolish

This term means "a military blockade and extended attack designed to make a city or other location surrender."

• blockade
• forage
• arsenal
• siege

 The right of each U.S. state to make its own local laws.

• State's Rights
• Freedmen's Bureau
• Confederacy
• Anaconda Plan

What does the term "Union" mean?

• the states that Abe Lincoln lived in
• the states that have letters "A" in them
• the states that were left over after annexation
• the states that were in the United States

A settlement of differences between two or more sides reached by each side giving up some of what it wanted

• ratify
• The Neill/Schenk Strategy
• compromise
• New Deal

This term means"to murder someone famous or powerful, usually for political reasons."

• draft
• siege
• assassinate
• enlist

This term means "an official announcement, usually by the government."

• proclamation
• abolish
• emancipation
• secession