Civil War Vocabulary

Term referring to the United States during the 1800’s. Also another word for the North in the Civil War.

• Union

• Confederacy

• South

• Grey

What was the original name of the CSS Virginia before it was captured and retrofitted by the South?

• USS Monitor

• USS Merrimack

• CSS Alabama

• H.L. Hunley

What significant event occurred on March 9, 1862?

• The Battle of Hampton Roads

• The signing of the Emancipation Proclamation

• The Battle of Gettysburg

• The Battle of Antietam

Why did the battle between the Monitor and the Merrimack end in a draw?

• Both captains agreed to cease fire

• Neither could significantly damage the other

• Both ships were destroyed

• The ships were identical in firepower

What was the significance of the ironclad ships in naval warfare?

• They could carry more cannons

• They marked the end of wooden warship dominance

• They were faster than wooden ships

• They were cheaper to build

What was the H.L. Hunley?

• A naval base

• A Confederate submarine

• A type of cannon

• A Union ironclad

This refers to the Southern states that left the Union during the Civil War. All together there were 11 states: Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana, Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, South Carolina, North Carolina and Virginia

• Confederacy

• Union

• North

• United States

Leaving a group formally. This refers to the Southern states who left the Union to form the Confederate States of America.

• Secession

• Conscription

• Slave Code

• Fugitive Slave Act

Part of the Compromise of 1850; allowed slave owners to pursue and capture escaped slaves into the North

• Fugitive Slave Act

• Slave Code

• Conscription

• Union

Set of rules in the South that claimed slaves were property, not citizens.

• Slave Codes

• Fugitive Slave Act

• Conscription

• Confederacy