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Civil War Vocab 16
Question | Answer |
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Casualty | A military person killed, wounded, or captured |
Greenback | a piece of US paper money first issued by the North during the Civil War |
Blockade | To cut off an area by means of troops or warships to stop supplies or people from coming in or going out; to close off a country’s ports |
Ironclad | is an armored naval vessel |
Total War | war on all aspects of the enemy’s life |
Bounty | is money given as a reward, such as to encourage enlistment in the army |
Draft | the selection of persons for required military service |
Habeas Corpus | a legal order for an inquiry to determine whether a person has been lawfully imprisoned |
Emancipate | to free from slavery |
Yankee | Union soldier |
Rebel | Confederate Soldier |
Confederate | South |
Union | North |