Civil War Vocab

What was the Civil War originally fought over?

• Secession
• Slavery
• Exports
• Taxes

Which word means to leave or become unassociated with?

• Secede
• Ironclad
• Border State
• Casualty

The name give to the north was what?

• Confederacy
• Rebels
• Union
• Revolutionaries

Which of the following states are part of the Confederacy?

• Florida
• Maine
• Ohio
• California

Which of the following states was part of the Union?

• Arkansas
• Georgia
• Pennsylvania
• Texas

What does it mean to "emancipate" someone?

• To enslave

• To abolish

• To free

• To vote

Choose the correct definition for Civil War.

• To leave

• War between people of the same country

• States that stayed in the United States

• States that left the United States

What did the term "border state" mean during the Civil War? CHOOSE TWO.

• Free states that joined the Confederacy.

• States located between Union and Confederate states.

• Slave states that stayed in the Union.

• States located south of slave states.

A person who believes all men are created equal and does not believe in slavery.

• Annexation
• Abolitionist
• Northerners
• Sovereignty

Which part of the country wanted slaves?

• North
• South
• east
• west