Practice Vocabulary Quiz V

5. known for having done or participated in something bad
6. looking down on someone or something with scorn
10. the authority of a state to govern itself
12. Nathan ____,Confederate general then chosen as the first leader, or "grand wizard," of the Ku Klux Klan
14. Ulysses S. ____,18th president of the U.S. who first was a commanding general of the Union Army
15. a battle or game that comes to a halt without anyone winning or able to continue
17. something enormous in size and strength
18. growing quickly and in a way that is difficult to control
19. to cover or conceal
22. unavoidable
25. to slow or hamper
27. ___ Proclamation declared that all enslaved people in the slave states "shall be free" and permitted African Americans to join the Union army

1. represented Mississippi in the U.S. congress then became the president of the Confederate States
2. required by law to enlist into the armed forces
3. inability or unwillingness to move or advance
4. Robert ____,a sailor and later a Union naval captain, he was highly honored for his feats of bravery and heroism. He became a Congressman after the Civil War.
7. an action or statement that insults or offends someone
8. a choice or option for dealing with a difficult situation
9. part of the United States that seceded from the US federal government and lost the Civil War
11. an order from a person in a position of authority
13. William ___ staged a successful one-man revolt after his ship was captured and gave Union 1st naval victory.
16. part of the United States that stayed loyal to the US federal government and won the Civil War
20. to reduce to a lower rank
21. to call out or bring up emotions or feelings
23. formal separation from an alliance or nation
24. 16th president of the U.S. whose main goal was to restore the Union, be believed blacks should be freed but that they should be sent to Africa
26. Robert E. ___,Commander of the Confederate States Army who surrendered to the Union on April 1865