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Vocab
Vocab
Vocab
Vocab/MI
MI
100
Selection of people for military service
What is draft?
100
state between the North and South
What is border state?
100
continuous rise in the price of goods and services
What is inflation?
100
Confederate (South) soldier
What is Rebel?
100
48 Virginia counties organized into _____________ so they could stay part of the Union.
What is West Virginia?
200
occupying a strong defensive position
What is entrenched?
200
money given as a reward
What is bounty?
200
ship that sails into and out of a blockaded area
What is blockade runner?
200
The Civil war was fought between:
What is North/Union/Yankees and South/Confederacy/Rebels?
200
________________ was reelected in 1864 as president.
Who Abraham Lincoln?
300
position of attacking
What is offensive?
300
to free from slavery
What is emancipate?
300
war on all aspects of the enemy's life
What is total war?
300
What two battles were known as turning points in the Civil War?
What is Gettysburg and Vicksburg?
300
This battle had more casualties than any other single day of the war.
What is Antietam? (Maryland)
400
piece of U.S. paper money
What is greenback?
400
to close off a country's ports
What is blockade?
400
Union (North) soldier
What is Yankee?
400
What was the first battle of the Civil War? Who won?
What is Battle of Bull Run (1st)? and South/Confederacy/Rebels?
400
The ______________ stated that all enslaved African Americans in the South would be free. It was signed by Lincoln in 1863.
What is Emancipation Proclamation?
500
armored naval vessel
What is ironclad?
500
to give approval to
What is ratify?
500
military person killed, wounded, or captured
What is casualty?
500
Name the 3 main strategies the Union had for winning the war?
What is blockade Southern ports, gain control of the Mississippi River/Split Confederacy, and capture Richmond, VA (Confederate capital)