Revolutionary War
Define Federal
loyal to the government of united states
Definition: Someone who wishes to get rid of slavery
Abolitionist
What occasion corresponds to the longest day of the year?
The summer solstice
Define Ambush
An unexpected attack
Define: Antebellum
A word used to describe the U.S. before the civil war began
When did the American Revolution begin?
April 19, 1775
What were the northern states called?
the union
By U.S. law, exit signs must be one of what two colors?
GREEN OR RED
Answer both correctly for points
Arsenal means...
Battery means...
A place where military weapons and supplies are stored
A unit of soldiers
Answer both for points
Blockade means...
Contrabands means....
An effort by the North to keep ships from entering or leaving southern parts
Escaped slaves who fled to the Union ( north ) for protection
How long was Revolutionary War?
7 years
Gettysburg, in 1863
What country uses approximately four billion miles of toilet paper each year?
China
Define both to get points
Brigade means...
Calvary means....
A large group of soldiers led by a general
A branch of military mounted on horse back
Answer all three correctly for points
To rush an enemy
Loyal to the Confederacy/south and also called a rebel
Also called the South and Confederate States of America
Charge
Confederate
Confederacy
Where was the first battle of the revolutionary war?
The first shots of the Revolutionary War are fired at Lexington and Concord in Massachusetts.
What caused the American Civil War?
The south wanted slavery and the North wanted freedom.
Which popular condiment was once sold as a medicinal cure for diarrhea?
Ketchup
Contrabands
copperhead
Emancipation
Infantry
Escaped slaves who fled to the Union for protection.
Northerner opposed to the war
Freedom from slavery
A branch of the military in which soldiers traveled and fought on foot.
Mason-Dixon Line
North
Private
ratify
Rebel
a boundary line that marked the divide between northern and southern states
Also called the Union or the United States
Lowest rank in the military
Approve
Loyal to the Confederacy
Battle of Bunker Hill
Which state lost the most soldiers in the Civil War?
New York
Answer both:
What year did World War 1 begin?
What was the first state?
1914
Delaware
Define the following for points
Reconstruction
Recruits
Secession
Skirmish
Slavery
the period after the Civil War in the United States when the southern states were reorganized and reintegrated into the Union
New soldiers
Withdraw from the Federal government of the United States /Union
A minor figh
the condition of being owned by another person and being made to work without wages
Define the following
South
Surrender
Union
Yankee
Also called the Confederacy, the Confederate States of America, or (by Northerners) the Rebel states, the South incorporated the states that seceded from the United States of America to form their own nation.
Admit defeat and give up in the face of overwhelming odds
Also called the north or the United states. The union was the portion of the country that remained loyal to the Federal Government
A northerner