Civil War Practice

Cavalry

• A type of fruit
• A musical instrument
• A type of dance
• Soldiers who fight on horseback

Confederacy

• United States of Confederacy
• Allied States of America
• The eleven states that seceded from the United to form their own country. Confederate States of America

• Union States of America

Civil War

• a battle fought in the 20th century

• a peaceful negotiation between the North and South

• a conflict between the United States and Canada

• People from the same country fighting against each other.

Emancipation Proclamation

• was signed by President Jefferson Davis.

• was issued after the end of the Civil War.

• was a legislative act passed by Congress.

• Issued by President Lincoln freeing all slaves.

Gettysburg Address

• A recipe for a famous dish
• A weather forecast report
• A scientific theory on black holes
• Two minute speech by President Lincoln at a ceremony dedicating the Battlefield as a National Cemetery.

Infantry

• Soldiers who primarily use long-range weapons.
• Soldiers who specialize in naval warfare.
• Soldiers who fight primarily on foot.
• Soldiers who fight primarily on horseback.

Rebel

• Common term for a Confederate.

• A person who follows rules and regulations
• A type of insect
• A brand of clothing

Secede

• To join a federal union
• To strengthen an alliance
• To expand a political organization
• To leave the Union (breakaway).

Union

• Finding the intersection of two sets
• Separating the elements of two sets
• Multiplying the elements of two sets
• United States of America

Yankee

• English
• Patriot
• Rebel
• Common term for a Union soldier