11.1 - Vocabulary Review

The act of withdrawing formally from membership of a federation or body, especially a political state

• Secession

• Inauguration

The formal ceremony at which someone is sworn into office.

• Inauguration

• Dilemma

A situation in which a difficult choice has to be made between two or more alternatives, especially equally undesirable ones.

• Dilemma

• Obstinate

Stubbornly refusing to change one's opinion or course of action.

• Obstinate

• Fortification

Defensive structures built to strengthen a place against attack.

• Fortification

• Standoff

A situation in which neither side in a conflict is able to gain an advantage.

• Standoff

• Abolitionist

People who advocated for the ending of slavery.

• Abolitionist

• Obstinate

A United States military fort located in Charleston, South Carolina. It was the site of the first battle of the American Civil War.

• Fort Sumter

• Antietam

A Union military strategy during the Civil War that aimed to suffocate the Confederacy by blockading its ports and controlling the Mississippi River.

• Anaconda Plan

• Abolitionist

The site of two major battles in the American Civil War, both resulting in Confederate victories.

• Bull Run

• Antietam