Civil War Vocabulary

The Confederate Army:

• fought for northern states

• fought for eastern states

• fought for western states

• fought for southern states

Civil means relating to ordinary ______ and their concerns

• citizens

• workers

• troops

People who wanted to stay in the Union and workout their differences over slavery

• Cooperationists

• Unionists

• Confederates

• Secessionists

The Union Army:

• fought for southern states

• fought for northern states

• fought for western states

• fought for eastern states

Allies

• An alliance of nations joining together to fight a common enemy

• An alliance of nations joining together to make peace with a common enemy

• An alliance of nations joining together to create a new government

True or False: The Union successfully took Charleston by land

• True

• False

The anaconda plan

• called for blockade of southeastern ports

• called to capture Mississippi River

• planned by Robert E. Lee

• called to capture Richmond

What advantages did the South have in the Civil War

• All of the war was fought in confederate states

• More experienced soldiers

• Smaller and quicker ships

• Submarines and torpedoes

Robert E. Lee

• commander of the Confederate Army

• commander of the Union Army

• commander of the United States

Most of the Civil War was fought

• In Virginia and along the Mississippi River

• In South Carolina

• On the east coast of the United States