Week 10 Vocabulary

What was the Emancipation Proclamation?

• An executive order to free enslaved people in Confederate states

• A declaration of war against the Confederacy

• A peace treaty with the Confederate states

• A law to draft soldiers into the Union army

What is the Confederacy?

• A group of Northern states during the Civil War

• A division of the army handling artillery

• The group of states that left the U.S. to form their own country

• A law requiring military enlistment

What were the Border States during the Civil War?

• States that left the Union to join the Confederacy

• Slave states that did not leave the Union

• States that were neutral during the Civil War

• States that were part of the Union army

What does the term 'Artillery' refer to?

• A group of states forming the Confederacy

• A division of the army handling cannon and large weapons

• A law requiring military enlistment

• A soldier trained to fight on horseback

What does it mean to 'Secede'?

• To join a military unit

• To leave or withdraw

• To draft soldiers into the army

• To fight on horseback

What is a 'Casualty' in military terms?

• A soldier that is wounded or killed during battle

• A soldier trained to fight on horseback

• A fortified position for cannons

• A law requiring military enlistment

What is a 'Draft' in the context of the military?

• A law requiring people of a certain age to enlist in the military

• A division of the army handling artillery

• A group of states forming the Confederacy

• A soldier trained to fight on horseback

What is a 'Battery' in military terms?

• A unit of four or six cannons, or a fortified position

• A soldier trained to fight on horseback

• A law requiring military enlistment

• A division of the army handling artillery

What does 'Flank' refer to in a military context?

• The side of an army or military unit

• A soldier trained to fight on horseback

• A law requiring military enlistment

• A division of the army handling artillery

What is 'Calvary' in military terms?

• Soldiers trained to fight on horseback

• A division of the army handling artillery

• A law requiring military enlistment

• A unit of four or six cannons