Understanding Civil War Vocabulary

What was the name given to the northern states during the Civil War?

• Confederacy

• Union

• Freedom

• Secession

Which term refers to the southern states that seceded from the United States during the Civil War?

• Union

• Emancipation Proclamation

• Confederacy

• Amendment

What is the term for the act of withdrawing formally from a federation or body, especially a political state?

• Freedom

• Secession

• Compromise

• Reconstruction

Which document, issued by President Abraham Lincoln, declared that all slaves in Confederate-held territory were free?

• Gettysburg

• Emancipation Proclamation

• Amendment

• Industralization

What is the term for the process of rebuilding the United States after the Civil War, especially in the southern states?

• Reconstruction

• Industralization

• Compromise

• Freedom

Which battle is considered a turning point in the Civil War due to its significant impact on the morale of the Union?

• Gettysburg

• Industralization

• Secession

• Amendment

What is the term for a change or addition to a legal or statutory document?

• Emancipation Proclamation

• Amendment

• Compromise

• Freedom

What term describes the movement towards developing industries in a country or region on a wide scale?

• Industralization

• Reconstruction

• Secession

• Compromise

What is the term for the state of being free, especially as opposed to being in slavery or captivity?

• Freedom

• Union

• Confederacy

• Amendment

What is the term for an agreement or settlement of a dispute that is reached by each side making concessions?

• Compromise

• Emancipation Proclamation

• Industralization

• Gettysburg