Vocabulary
to withdraw or separate from
What is secede?
when one region believes its needs and culture are better than another region's needs or culture
What is sectionalism?
a process of randomly selecting men to fight in a war
What is a draft?
elected as the first president of the Confederacy
Who was Jefferson Davis?
formally sworn into office
What is inaugurated?
a tax on goods shipped into the United States
What is a tariff?
In the early to mid 1800s most issues between the North and the South involved.....
What were politics and slavery?
The Confederate states decided o make Montgomery their first capital for these reasons.
factories where metal are cast or molded
What are foundries?
In the early to mid 1800s most issues between the North and the South involved ......
What were slavery and politics?
this would raise the cost of imported goods
Why Southerners opposed the idea of a federal tariff?
two advantages the South had during the Civil War
What are fighting on home ground and boys attended military school?
a military post or fort
What is a garrison?
Southerners who supported he North during the Civil War
Who were Unionist?
the Civil War began when the South did this
What is fired on Fort Sumter
Confederacy had to do this to form a new government
What are design a currency, build an army and navy, and create factories?
a person who gives speeches
What is an orator?
men who broke through blockades to sneak supplies into a port
Who were blockade runners?
gave the Union control of Mobile Bay
What was the Battle of Mobile Bay?
helped General Forrest cross Black Creek to catch Federal raiders
Who was Emma Sansom?