Civil War History
Some think the main conflict of the U.S. Civil War was over states' rights and the economy, but it was mainly over this institution that was made illegal nationwide toward the end of the war, with an amendment to the Constitution.
What is slavery?
Tilly and Delphine found that Cairo was this kind of situation for them. It originally was a word to describe a muddy/swampy place, but now it describes a difficult situation.
What is a quagmire?
Sound of Running Feet, Milo, and Tilly all got to go on an expedition, which has this word part (root) meaning foot or feet.
What is 'ped'?
This word means "to formally but an end to a system." Lincoln wanted to do this to slavery toward the end of the Civil War.
What is abolish?
The boy soldiers were this word. (They lacked experience and knowledge about the harsh realities of war.)
What is naive?
Clara Barton wrote in her poem that nurses were this and saviours of men. It is a person who brings comfort to someone in a state of grief or distress.
What is consolers?
Noah's left arm had to have this happen, and then his severed arm was given to the river.
What is amputated?
What is -able?
As an emotion, this word describes someone who looks serious, grave, or solemn.
What is sober?
The boys were not prepared to see the harsh this of war. This is a noun that means, "something that exists, or a thing that is experienced or seen."
What is reality?
The North was more this with its large factories. Meanwhile, the South was more agricultural.
The Devils Backbone is an easy to spot this in Grand Tower.
What is a landmark?
This prefix means 'against' as in Harriet Tubman, Abe Lincoln, and Fredrick Douglass were all ____slavery.
What is -anti?
Delphine had a strong one of these every time she spoke the English language.
What is dialect?
Several boys found that "the action of enlisting new people in the armed forces" was very easy to do when not being honest about their real age. What is the word that matches the definition here?
What is recruitment?
This was the word to describe the Southern states and the name they gave their country after seceding from the Union.
What is Confederate?
Delphine and Calinda were this in Grand Tower. This word means someone who is in a foreign country but is not a citizen of that country.
What are aliens?
This word comes from the Latin root, mutilāre, which means "to cut off."
What is mutilate?
Definition: "To be unable to look away" or "someone who is motionless with horror, shock, or wonder."
What is transfixed?
Many boy soldiers left their homes to join the war. They mostly came from farms. Farming is another word for this word.
What is agricultural?
This word describes what the Southern states did in order to leave the union with the United States.
What is secede?
Calinda wore this, but when Cass was wearing one, Delphine hastily took it off her head.
What is a tignon?
A root in this word means "away from." It also has the suffix -ly, which turns the word into an adverb. Finally, Mrs. Pruitt stared like this when she heard some shocking news.
What is absently?
Delphine and Tilly offered several boys in the hospital tent this as they recovered from their injury and illness. (Definition: "assistance and support in times of hardship and distress.")
What is succor?
Many boys ran away from home to _______ in the military - this happened for the Union army & Confederate army.
What is enlist?