history civil war Flashcards
(12 cards)
what is a blockade
to block off supplies from getting to people
what is a border state
any slave state that borders the U.S during the civil war that had important routs that would help win the war
what does the term civil war mean
a war between to sides of a country
who was the confederate side
the south
who where the copperheads
people who wanted an immediate end to the war and unity of all the states
what is a Draft
compulsory recruitment for military service
what is an Emancipation
the freeing of an enslaved person
what is a rebel
a person how rises up against a government or ruler
what is total war
when an army attacks the land and people of the opposing side
what was the anaconda plan
a war strategy to block off all trades to the south and force them to surrender
habeas corpus
the law that says that if someone is arrested they have the right to a trial
Monitor and Merrimack
Two ironclad ships that fought each other in 1862 at the coast of Virginia
