Social studies

Quiz today

Martial Law

type of rule where the military is in charge and citizens rights are suspended.

Blockade

military action that prevents traffic from coming into or

leaving an area.

Casualty

military term for killed, wounded, or missing soldiers.

Ulysses S Grant

most successful Union General and eventual leader

of the Union Army.

Robert E Lee

best officer in the US Army before the War, left to

become the leader of the Confederate Army.

Habeas Corpus

constitutional protection against unlawful

imprisonment

Draft

a system of selection for required

military service

Emancipate

to set free

Abolition

To get rid of something (slavery in this case)

Inflation

When the value of money drops and prices rise

quickly a problem for both sides during the Civil War

Seige

a military tactic where an army surrounds the enemy, cutting it off

from all supplies until it surrenders.

Total war

a military tactic where an army attacks civilians and resources to

destroy the enemy’s will to fight

Sectionalism

the belief that your part of the country is better than others

Secession (Secede)

when a state or group of states decide to leave the US

and form their own country. What the South did to start the Civil War.

Fugitive slave act

federal laws that allowed for the capture and return of

runaway slaves anywhere within the US

Popular sovereignty

when citizens get to vote to determine a law instead

of their representative government