civil war

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  1. 3. - When a person is murdered for political reasons.
  2. 6. - A nickname for United States paper money that was first used in 1862. It got its name from the green ink used in printing.
  3. 8. - A long blade or knife attached to the end of a musket. Soldiers would use it like a spear in close combat.
  4. 10. - A term used to describe people who supported the Union.
  5. 11. - The side of an army or military unit.
  6. 12. Slave Law - A law passed by Congress in 1850 that said escaped enslaved people in free states had to be returned to their owners.
  7. 13. When the southern states chose to leave the United States and to no longer be a part of the country.
  8. 14. - A cap worn by Civil War soldiers.
  9. 16. A large farm in the southern United States. Before the Civil War many of the workers on plantations were enslaved.
  10. 21. - A canvas bag that many Civil War soldiers used to carry their food.
  11. 23. Proclamation - An executive order from President Abraham Lincoln stating that the enslaved in the Confederate states were to be set free.
  12. 25. Putting the local interests and customs ahead of the entire country.
  13. 27. A nickname given to people in the South supporting the Confederate States.
  14. 30. The name given to the states that stayed loyal to the United States government. Also called the North.
  15. 31. - An attempt to stop people and supplies from going in or out of a port.
  16. 32. - Crackers eaten by Civil War soldiers made from flour, water, and salt.
  17. 33. - A nickname for the South.
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  20. 38. - A warship that is fully covered and protected by iron cladding.
  21. 39. A long gun with a smooth bore that soldiers shot from the shoulder.
  22. 41. The fighting during the Civil War that took place west of the Appalachian Mountains. It eventually included the fighting in Georgia and the Carolinas as well.
  23. 42. - A commutation was when a person could pay a fee rather than be drafted into the army. This angered poorer people who could not pay the fee and had no choice but to fight.
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  1. 1. - A soldier that is wounded or killed during battle.
  2. 2. A nickname for people from the North as well as Union soldiers.
  3. 4. Scott decision - A decision made by the Supreme Court that said Congress could not outlaw slavery and that people of African descent were not necessarily U.S. citizens.
  4. 5. - A person who wanted to eliminate or "abolish" slavery.
  5. 7. - Another name for the Confederate States of America or the South. The Confederacy was a group of states that left the United States to form their own country.
  6. 9. - A term meaning "before war". It was often used to describe the United States before the Civil War.
  7. 13. A nickname for southern whites who supported the Republican Party.
  8. 15. - An ankle high shoe worn by soldiers during the Civil War.
  9. 17. The rebuilding of war-torn southern states so they could be readmitted into the Union after the Civil War.
  10. 18. - A northerner who moved to the South during the reconstruction in order to become rich.
  11. 19. - A nickname for northerners who were against the Civil War.
  12. 20. - Soldiers that fight and travel by foot.
  13. 22. - Large caliber firearms like cannons and mortars.
  14. 24. Line - A boundary or border that split the free states from the slave states. It went between Pennsylvania to the north and Virginia, Maryland, and Delaware to the south.
  15. 26. The northern states of the United States, also called the Union.
  16. 28. states - These states were slave states that did not leave the Union, but largely supported the cause of the Confederates. They included Missouri, Kentucky, Maryland, and Delaware.
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  18. 34. An army of citizens used during emergencies.
  19. 37. theater - The part of the war fought in the Eastern United States including Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, and Pennsylvania.
  20. 40. A nickname for the Confederate States of America or the Confederacy.