civil war vocab

Question 1

recruitment for the military

Answer 1

draft

Question 2

to prevent goods or people from entering or exiting the country

Answer 2

blockade

Question 3

A written and signed promise to pay a certain sum of money on a certain date, or on fulfillment of a specified condition

Answer 3

bond

Question 4

a general increase in prices and fall in the purchasing value of money.

Answer 4

inflation

Question 5

n.

1. A place where the coins of a country are manufactured by authority of the government.

Answer 5

mint

Question 6

was an executive order issued on January 1, 1863, by President Lincoln freeing slaves in all portions of the United States not then under Union control (that is, within the Confederacy).

Answer 6

emancipation proclamation

Question 7

a person killed or injured in a war or accident.

synonyms:

Answer 7

casualties

Question 8

the declared policy of a political party or group.

Answer 8

platform

Question 9

of each race possess characteristics or abilities specific to that race, especially so as to distinguish it as inferior or superior to another race or races.

Answer 9

racism

Question 10

. A republic formed in February, 1861, and composed of the 11 Southern states that seceded from the United States in order to preserve slavery and states’ rights. It was dissolved in 1865 after being defeated in the American Civil War.

Answer 10

confederate states of America