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40 Cards in this Set
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Abolitionist |
A person who wanted to eliminate or "abolish" slavery |
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Antebellum |
A term meaning "before war". It was often used to describe the United States before the Civil War. |
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Artillery |
Large caliber firearms like cannons and mortars. |
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Assassination |
When a person is murdered for political reasons. |
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Bayonet |
A long blade or knife attached to the end of a musket. Soldiers would use it like a spear in close combat. |
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Blockade |
An attempt to stop people and supplies from going in or out of a port. |
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Border states |
These states were slave states that did not leave the Union, but largely supported the cause of the Confederates. They included Missouri, Kentucky, Maryland, and Delaware. |
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Brogan |
An ankle high shoe worn by soldiers during the Civil War. |
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Carpetbagger |
A northerner who moved to the South during the reconstruction in order to become rich. |
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Casualty |
A soldier that is wounded or killed during battle. |
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Commutation |
A commutation was when a person could pay a fee rather than be drafted into the army. This angered poorer people who could not pay the fee and had no choice but to fight. |
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Confederacy |
Another name for the Confederate States of America or the South. The Confederacy was a group of states that left the United States to form their own country. |
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Cooperhead |
A nickname for northerners who were against the Civil War. |
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Dixie |
A nickname for the South. |
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Dred Scott decision |
A decision made by the Supreme Court that said Congress could not outlaw slavery and that people of African descent were not necessarily U.S. citizens. |
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Eastern theater |
The part of the war fought in the Eastern United States including Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, and Pennsylvania. |
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Emancipation Proclamation |
An executive order from President Abraham Lincoln stating that slaves in the Confederate states were to be set free. |
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Federal |
A term used to describe people who supported the Union. |
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Flank |
The side of an army or military unit. |
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Fugitive Slave Law |
A law passed by Congress in 1850 that said escaped slaves in free states had to be returned to their owners. |
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Greenback |
A nickname for United States paper money that was first used in 1862. It got its name from the green ink used in printing. |
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Hardtack |
Crackers eaten by Civil War soldiers made from flour, water, and salt. |
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Haversack |
A canvas bag that many Civil War soldiers used to carry their food. |
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Infantry |
Soldiers that fight and travel by foot. |
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Ironclad |
A warship that is fully covered and protected by iron cladding. |
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Kepi |
A cap worn by Civil War soldiers |
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Mason-Dixon Line |
A boundary or border that split the free states from the slave states. It went between Pennsylvania to the north and Virginia, Maryland, and Delaware to the south. |
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Militia |
An army of citizens used during emergencies. |
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Musket |
A long gun with a smooth bore that soldiers shot from the shoulder.North |
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North |
The northern states of the United States, also called the Union. |
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Plantation |
A large farm in the southern United States. Before the Civil War many of the workers on plantations were slaves. |
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Rebel |
A nickname given to people in the South supporting the Confederate States. |
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Reconstruction |
The rebuilding of war torn southern states so they could be readmitted into the Union after the Civil War. |
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Scalawag |
A nickname for southern whites who supported the Republican Party. |
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Secede |
When the southern states chose to leave the United States and to no longer be a part of the country. |
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Sectionalism |
Putting the local interests and customs ahead of the entire country. |
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South |
A nickname for the Confederate States of America or the Confederacy. |
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Union |
The name given to the states that stayed loyal to the United States government. Also called the North. |
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Western theater |
The fighting during the Civil War that took place west of the Appalachian Mountains. It eventually included the fighting in Georgia and the Carolinas as well. |
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Yankee |
A nickname for people from the North as well as Union soldiers. |