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24 Cards in this Set
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What is the 54th Massachusetts? |
The first African American regiment to serve in the army. |
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What is an arsenal? |
A stockpile generally made up of military weapons in a specific area. |
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What is a border ruffian? |
An armed supporter of slavery whom crossed Missouri state borders to vote in Kansas during the mid-1850s. |
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What is a border state? |
states on the border of the North and South -Missouri -Kentucky -Maryland -Delaware |
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What is a civil war? |
a conflict between citizens of the same country |
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Define enlist. |
to formally join a military force
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What is a fugitive? |
a person running away from legal authority
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What is a martyr? |
a person that dies for a great cause |
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To secede is to ___. |
withdraw/break away from a nation/organization
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What does secession mean? |
withdrawal
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What does siege mean? |
the attempt to force surrender by blocking the movement of people/goods in or out of a place |
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States' rights is what? |
the idea that states should have all powers the Constitution does not specify to the federal government or forbid to the states
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What is the total war strategy? |
the plan to bring war to the entire society
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What is a bounty? |
a reward/payment |
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What is a casualty? |
a soldier that is killed/wounded/capture/missing in battle
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What is a draft? |
a system of selecting people for required military service
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Entrenching is what? |
-being placed in a trench/ditch for defense -a place in a strong defensive position |
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What is a flank? |
the side/edge of a military formation
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What is greenback? |
paper money issued by the federal government |
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Habeas corpus is what? |
a legal writ/order giving prisoners the right to be heard in court |
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Ironclad refers to ___. |
warships that were "clad" or covered with iron for protection |
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What does resistance mean? |
refusal to give in |
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What does rigid mean? |
firm/inflexible |
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A tributary is ___. |
a stream/small river flowing into a larger one |