CIVIL WAR VOCAB
No Description
MORE DECKS TO EXPLORE
PRESENTATION OUTLINE
Abolitionist
A PERSON WHO BELIEVED IN THE ABOLISHMENT OR ABOLITION OF NEGRO SLAVERY
Photo by Ron Cogswell
Artillery
Large,powerful weapons such as cannon or motars.
Photo by Thiophene_Guy
Assassination
The murder of a prominent person such as Abe Lincoln
Photo by cliff1066™
Battery
A unit of four or six cannons, or a fortified position on which they are placed.
Photo by Me in ME
Battle
Large scale combat between two armed forces (skirmishes and engagements are smaller scaled and briefer.
Photo by JayT47
Blockade
The closing off, using naval forces, of a city or other area to traffic and communication.
Photo by `James Wheeler
Border state
Slave owning states that did not secede from the Union Delaware, Kentucky, and Missouri
Photo by thor_mark
Chloroform
The liquid drug used to anesthetize wounded soldiers in the war
Photo by dynamosquito
CSA
The alliance of 11 southern states to form the Confederate states of America.
Photo by pixxiestails
Contraband
Goods illegally traded during wartime. Slaves were sometimes called contraband during the war.
Photo by Leo Reynolds
Copperhead
A northern democrat who agreed with southern secession and clamored for peace during the war
Photo by Stuck in Customs
