WorksheetsCivil War Vocab Review
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 6mins
state on the border between the North and South: Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky, and Missouri
bounty
flank
border state
ironclad
to formally join a military force
enlist
casualty
Emancipation Proclamation
entrench
a warship equipped with iron plating for protection
ironclad
draft
bounty
total war
a soldier who is killed, wounded, captured, or missing in battle
enlist
flank
draft
casualty
decree issued by President Lincoln freeing enslaved people in those parts of the Confederacy still in rebellion on January 1, 1863.
habeas corpus
bounty
Emancipation Proclamation
resistance
a legal writ, or order, that guarantees a prisoner the right to be heard in court
border state
habeas corpus
enlist
draft
a system of selecting people for required military service
draft
Emancipation Proclamation
bounty
entrench
reward or payment
enlist
ironclad
flank
bounty
to place within a trench, or ditch, for defense; to place in a strong defensive position
entrench
flank
reistance
total war
the side or edge of a military formation
enlist
flank
resistance
total war
refusal to give in
enlist
ironclad
casualty
resistance
a strategy of bringing war to the entire society, not just the military
Emancipation Proclamation
ironclad
total war
habeas corpus
