Civil War in Louisiana Vocabulary Quiz

What is the belief that states could block or overrule the actions of the federal government?

• States' rights

• Abolitionist

• Secession

• Bounty

What was the 1820 agreement by Congress that allowed Missouri to enter the Union as a slave state and Maine as a free state?

• Missouri Compromise of 1850

• Confederate States of America

• Campaign

• Guerrilla

What is the term for someone who wanted to free the slaves?

• Abolitionist

• Enlist

• Bounty

• Conscription

What is the term for the withdrawal of a state from the Union?

• Secession

• Propaganda

• Enlist

• Bounty

What is the term for information that is spread for the purpose of promoting some cause?

• Propaganda

• Confederate States of America

• Bailey's Dam

• Confiscation Act

What is the name of the government formed by the southern states when they seceded from the Union in the early 1860s?

• Confederate States of America

• Enlist

• Bounty

• Conscription

What is the term for volunteering to join the army?

• Enlist

• Campaign

• Guerrilla

• Emancipation Proclamation

What is a one-time reward for enlisting called?

• Bounty

• Abolitionist

• Secession

• Bailey's Dam

What is a draft or compulsory enlistment for military service called?

• Conscription

• Missouri Compromise of 1850

• Confederate States of America

• Guerrilla

What is a military plan with a specific goal that may have several battles in more than one location called?

• Campaign

• Propaganda

• Emancipation Proclamation

• Abraham Lincoln