Vocab quiz

Question 1

Neutral

Answer 1

Not favoring either side

Question 1

Border state

Answer 1

Slave states that did not secede

Question 2

Martial law

Answer 2

This is a type of rule in which military is in charge and citizens rights are suspended

Question 3

Blockade

Answer 3

A military action to prevent traffic from coming into an arena or leaving it

Question 4

Ironclad

Answer 4

These were warships covered with protective iron plates

Question 5

George McClellan

Answer 5

Former commanding general of the US army who lead the peninsular campaign during the civil war

Question 6

Casualty

Answer 6

The military term for persons killed, wounded, or missing in action

Question 7

Ulysses S Grant

Answer 7

18th US president, led the union army to victory in the American civil war

Question 8

Emancipate

Answer 8

Or free

Question 9

Horace Greeley

Answer 9

An American newspaper editor and publisher

Question 10

Habeas Corpus

Answer 10

A constitutional protection against unlawful imprisonment

Question 11

Draft

Answer 11

A system of required military service

Question 12

Income tax

Answer 12

A tax on the money people receive

Question 13

Inflation

Answer 13

Or a general rise in prices

Question 14

Siege

Answer 14

An attempt to capture a place by surrounding it with military forces and cutting it off until the people inside surrender

Question 15

William Tecumseh Sherman

Answer 15

An American soldier, businessman, educator, and author

Question 16

Total war

Answer 16

All our attacks aimed at destroying an enemy’s army, it’s resources, and it’s people’s will to fight