Civil War Vocabulary

3. Lincoln He was the 16th president and was the president of the Union during the war.
4. This was the Southern side in the Civil War.
7. This is a ship that is covered with metal plates to prevent destruction.
11. This is when ports or waterways are blocked by warships.
12. This was the secret network that helped slaves escape to freedom.
15. This man was the president of the Confederacy.
16. These were slave states that did not secede from the Union during the Civil War.
19. This was the nickname given to the Southerners by the Northerners during the war.
20. This is a person who fought against slavery and wanted to end it forever.

1. Lincoln vowed in this speech that the Union would continue fighting the war
2. This was an executive order issued by Abraham Lincoln on January 1st, 1863.
5. This was the capital of the Confederacy during the Civil War.
6. This person belongs to a Christian group called the Society of Friends.
8. These were Northern Democrats who were against the Civil War.
9. He was a Union general who took command of the Union army towards the end of the war.
10. This general was the head of the Confederate Army.
13. This plan was created by Winfield Scott, a Union general, to win the war.
14. This was the nickname given to the Northerners by the Southerners during the war.
17. This refers to when the Confederate states formally withdrew from the United States.
18. This was the Northern side in the Civil War.