Sadlier Vocabulary
Civil War Unit Vocabulary
Westward Expansion
Civil War
Civil War 2
100

This "C" word means to to criticize a person or action as wrong, guilty, or evil; 

Condemn

100

This word means to end or to formally put an end to something or to get rid of forever

abolish

100

What year was the California Gold Rush?


1849

100

Two Sides of the Civil War

Union and Confederacy

100
Book written by an abolitionist that was a best seller

Uncle Tom's Cabin or Frederick Douglass' Autobiography

200

Identical means...

exactly the same

200
Vittles is another word for

Food

200

What was the reason Papa put an ad in the newspaper? (Sarah Plain and Tall)

For a new wife and mother for his children, his wife died

200

Name 3 Abolitionists

Frederick Douglass

Harriet Tubman

Harriet Beecher Stowe


200

Lead General of the Confederate Army

Robert E. Lee

300

This "f" word from unit 8 mean an amazing acomplishment or deed showing daring and skill

Feat


300

This word means very cruel and violent acts

Atrocities

300

Native American Tribe who was forced to walk the Trail of Tears

The Cherokee

300

Document that ended slavery in the South during the Civil War

Emancipation Proclamation

300

Walt Whitman wrote this poem after Lincoln was assassinated

O Captain, My Captain


400

What does vicinity mean?

the area near a place, the surrounding region

400

What is high ground mean when it comes to military strategy?

Taking the higher or elevated ground to have an advantage in battle

400
Two explorers hired by Thomas Jefferson to explore the Lousiana Territory 

Lewis and Clark

400

Bloodiest Battle in American History

Battle of Gettysburg

400

What year did the Civil War begin? When did it end?

1861-1865

500

This word from Unit 10 means to ask for or request

Appeal

500

What is a pragmatist?

someone who does things in a practical way, logical way or does what makes sense

500
President who signed the Indian Removal Act
President Andrew Jackson
500

This Colonel led the 54th Massuchusetts (all black unit) in the Battle of Fort Wagoner (Glory Movie)

Colonel Robert Gould Shaw

500

Abraham Lincoln was the ______th President of the United States

16th