Civil War Vocab

Question 1

Abolitionist

Answer 1

People who were actively working to end slavery

Question 2

Artillery

Answer 2

Troops who handled the cannons

Question 3

Battery

Answer 3

4-6 cannons

Question 4

Border State

Answer 4

A border state was a slave state that didn’t break off with the Confederacy

Question 5

Cartridge Box

Answer 5

A box that held bullet rounds

Question 6

Casualty

Answer 6

A casualty was a person who was either dead, injured, or missing

Question 7

Cavalry

Answer 7

Spies on horses that made sure of no surprise attacks

Question 8

Chloroform

Answer 8

Medicine for amputation (ONLY IN NORTH!)

Question 9

Copperheads

Answer 9

A.K.A. Peace Democrats, believed that the war should be stopped immediately w/ a truce

Question 10

Emancipate

Answer 10

To free

Question 11

Flank

Answer 11

The side of a line of troops; to attack the side of a line of troops

Question 12

Forage

Answer 12

To look for food and provisions

Question 13

Hardtack

Answer 13

Hard biscuits in rations

Question 14

Haversack

Answer 14

A bag that held soldiers personal belongings (Bible, family pictures, rations)

Question 15

Infantry

Answer 15

The soldiers that were 1st into battle

Question 16

Martyr

Answer 16

A person who dies for his or her beliefs

Question 17

Minie Ball

Answer 17

A bullet that shattered on impact

Question 18

Pontoon

Answer 18

A flat bottomed boat used to make bridges over water

Question 19

Rations

Answer 19

Food divided equally amongst troops

Question 20

Secede

Answer 20

To separate

Question 21

Total War

Answer 21

When an army declares war on the civilians and the land of the opposing army