Last Vocab Flashcards
1
Q
Union
A
North
2
Q
Confederate
A
South
3
Q
Blockade
A
Shutting off a port to keep people or supplies from moving in or out
4
Q
Emancipation
A
Freedom from slavery
5
Q
Proclamation
A
Official public announcement
6
Q
Draft
A
System of required service in the armed forces
7
Q
Inflation
A
A rise in prices
8
Q
Civilian
A
Person not in military
9
Q
Recruit
A
New member of armed services
10
Q
Greenback
A
Union money
11
Q
Comtraband
A
Escaped or captured slave taken in by Union army
12
Q
Habeas corpus
A
Constitutional protection against unlawful imprisonment
13
Q
Copperheads
A
Northern democrats who opposed abolition and sympathized with the south
14
Q
Cotton diplomacy
A
Confederate effort to use cotton to persuade the British to support the south
15
Q
Border states
A
Slave states that didn’t join confederacy
