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what is calvary
Army troops who fight on horseback
ironclad ship
A ship armored with iron plates to protect it from cannon fire.
A small, fast ship carrying mounted guns
what is bond
A certificate offered for sale to the public with the promise that the government will pay the money back later
what is total war
A war in which all rules and laws of war are ignored and all resources are used for defeating the enemy
what is infantry
foot soldiers
what is mortality
The death rate
what is pontoon
A portable, cylindrical float used to build a temporary bridge.
what is conscription act
A law instituted by the Union in 1863 stating that men between the ages of 20 and 45 years of age were liable to be drafted into the military but they could pay $300 to avoid service.
homestead act
An act that started a program of public land grants to small farmers.
mobilize
To organize and prepare troops for war
Someone who actively promotes human welfare.
emancipation proclamation
An 1863 document issued by Abraham Lincoln that freed all slaves living in Confederate-held territory during the American Civil War
draft
A mandatory term of service
bluff
A cliff
border state
At the time of the Civil War, a state that bordered both UNion and Confederate states, namely Maryland, Kentucky
trench warfare
A battle strategy that uses a system of ditches to give soldiers a protected place from which to fire during battle.
what is Enlist
to join
exemption
A release from obligations
Assassinate
To murder for politcal reasons
civillian
A person who is not in the military
Anaconda plan
A military strategy during the Civil War in which the North planned to set up a blockade around the southern coast to ruin the South's economy and secure ports on the Mississippi river; much as a huge snake, like an anaconda, crushes its prey.
what is stalemate
A situation in which neither side in a conflict is able to win
what is habeas corpus
The right of an arrested person to be brought before a judge before going to jail.
servitude
the state of being enslaved