Abolition & Slavery
What term refers to a person who works to end slavery
What is Abolitionist?
What term refers to the heavily armored warships used by both the Union and Confederacy during the Civil War
What is Ironclad?
What term refers to the formal withdrawal of a state from the Union
What is Secession?
What term refers to a legal order that prevents the government from detaining a person without trail
What is Habeas corpus?
What term refers to the heavy loss of life and destruction during battles
What is Casualty?
What term describes the act of setting someone free from slavery
What is Emancipate?
What term refers to the number of soldiers who are killed, wounded, or missing in a battle
What is Casualty?
What term refers to a state that remains loyal to the Union but still allowed slavery
What is Border state?
What term refers to the act of forcing someone into military service, often done during the Civil War
What is Draft?
What term refers to a strategy or action taken to blockade or surround an enemy's territory to weaken them
What is Siege?
What term refers to someone who has escaped from slavery and is being pursued by their former owner
What is Fugitive?
What term refers to the military action of surrounding and blocking off a city or fort to force it to surrender
What is Siege?
What term refers to the action of formally breaking away or leaving a political union
What is Secede?
What is Martial Law?
What term refers to the withdrawal of the Southern states from the Union
Secession?
What term refers to the official withdrawal of a state from the Union
What is Secede?
What term refers to the required recruitment of soldiers for the army during times of war
What is Draft?
What term refers to a state or region that had the power to make it's own decisions, such as deciding whether to allow slavery
What is Sovereignty?
What term refers to the legal right of states to govern themselves and make decisions, such as on slavery
What is State's rights?
What term refers to a large group of soldiers or civilians who are mobilized for military conflict
What is Enlist?
What term refers to a person who sacrifices their life for a cause, often seen in the fight to end slavery
What is Martyr?
What term describes a military strategy where an army surrounds and blocks off supplies to weaken the enemy
What is Blockade?
What term describes a state that has the power to break away from a larger nation, especially in the context of the Civil War
What is Secession?
What term refers to a person or people who are arrested for attempting to escape slavery?
What is Fugitive?
What term refers to the formal abolition or outlawing of slavery, such as the Emancipation Proclamation
What is Emancipate?