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the period in the south before the civil war
What is the Antebellum
100
place were abe announced his speech
What is the national cemetery of the Gettysburg battlefield
100
putting the interest of particular section or region above those of the nation
What is sectionalism
100
Troops, like the National Guard, who are only called out to defend the land in an emergency.
What is militia
200
A state of bondage in which African Americans (and some Native Americans) were owned by other people, usually white, and forced to labor on their behalf
What is a slave
200
use of military forces to isolate enemy territory such as a harborin order to prevent entry of supplies or persons
What is blockade
200
declaring that laws without force and is not binding
What is nullification
200
independent subject to no higher authority or government
What is soveign
200
A smoothbore firearm fired from the shoulder. Thrust from exploding powder shoots the bullet forward like a chest pass in basketball.
What is a musket
300
Also called the Confederacy, the Confederate States of America, or (by Northerners) the Rebel states, the South incorporated the states that seceded from the United States of America to form their own nation. Southern states were: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia.
What is south
300
name given to the southern states during the civil war
What is confederacy
300
to file charges to remove a political from office
What is impeach
300
belief that american states have certain rights under the tenth amendment to the u.s. constitution that the national gov. cannot violate
What is states rights
300
A branch of the military using ships to conduct warfare. During the Civil War, “blue water” ships cruised the oceans and “brown water” boats floated up and down the rivers.
What is the navy
400
Bacterial disease causing fever, diarrhea, headache, enlargement of the spleen, and extreme physical exhaustion and collapse.
What is Typhoid
400
a brief speech made by the president at the time, at the dedication of of the national cemetery of the gettys burg battle fiels
What is Gettysburg adress
400
A cannon which fired hollow projectiles and was generally lighter and shorter than its solid-shot cousins. A howitzer's projectiles had a smaller powder charge. Also, canister projectiles contained more small balls than other types of canister. Howitzers were useful in defending fortifications and causing disorder within with in an attacking force.
What is Howitzer
400
to withdraw voluntary from a union
What is secede
400
Also called the Union or the United States the North was the part of the country that remained loyal to the Federal government during the Civil War. Northern states were: Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, and Wisconsin. West Virginia became a Northern state in 1863 and California and Oregon were also officially Northern but they had little direct involvement in the War.
What is the north
500
president during the civil war
What is finger lickin ,im the kernal, abe
500
A common Southern term for "peanut".
What is Goober Pea
500
The area that is now Oklahoma (except for the panhandle.)
What is Indian Territory
500
period after civil war
What is postbellum
500
A pledge by a prisoner of war or a defeated soldier not to bear arms. When prisoners were returned to their own side during the War (in exchange for men their side had captured) the parole was no longer in effect and they were allowed to pick up their weapons and fight. When the South lost the War and the Confederate armies gave their parole they promised never to bear weapons against the Union again.
What is parole
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