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WorksheetsThe Civil War Key Terms
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
•state on the border between the North and South: Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky, and Missouri
border state
contiguous state
North state
to compare with respect to differences (a)
to formally join a military forces
enlist
assist
role
court
•stream or smaller river that feeds into a larger river
tributary
lake
pond
•a warship equipped with iron plating for protection
Titanic
Luisitania
ironclad
•To make stronger
build
construct
inform
reinforce
(a) •a soldier who is killed, wounded, captured, or missing in battle
•decree issued by President Lincoln freeing enslaved people in those parts of the Confederacy still in rebellion on January 1, 1863
Emancipation Proclamation
Congress
House of Representatives
•to hand out, spread around
distribute
discuss
hang
tributary
(a) •a system of selecting people for required military service
•Reward or payment
dollar
bounty
euro
peso
•paper money issued by the United States government
greenback
greencard
dollar
yen
•to place within a trench, or ditch, for defense; to place in a strong defensive position
entrench
trench
tributary
bounty
•to go in the opposite direction
enverse
reverse
greenback
•a strategy of bringing war to the entire society, not just the military
Total War
Total Battle
entrench
