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The Civil War Key Terms

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

state on the border between the North and South: Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky, and Missouri

a)

border state

b)

contiguous state

c)

North state

2.

to compare with respect to differences (a)  

3.

to formally join a military forces

a)

enlist

b)

assist

c)

role

d)

court

4.

stream or smaller river that feeds into a larger river

a)

tributary

b)

lake

c)

pond

5.

a warship equipped with iron plating for protection

a)

Titanic

b)

Luisitania

c)

ironclad

6.

To make stronger

a)

build

b)

construct

c)

inform

d)

reinforce

7.

(a)  a soldier who is killed, wounded, captured, or missing in battle

8.

decree issued by President Lincoln freeing enslaved people in those parts of the Confederacy still in rebellion on January 1, 1863

a)

Emancipation Proclamation

b)

Congress

c)

House of Representatives

9.

to hand out, spread around

a)

distribute

b)

discuss

c)

hang

d)

tributary

10.

(a)  a system of selecting people for required military service

11.

Reward or payment

a)

dollar

b)

bounty

c)

euro

d)

peso

12.

paper money issued by the United States government

a)

greenback

b)

greencard

c)

dollar

d)

yen

13.

to place within a trench, or ditch, for defense; to place in a strong defensive position

a)

entrench

b)

trench

c)

tributary

d)

bounty

14.

to go in the opposite direction

a)

enverse

b)

reverse

c)

greenback

15.

a strategy of bringing war to the entire society, not just the military

a)

Total War

b)

Total Battle

c)

entrench