Social Studies Unit 8: The Civil War Vocab

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Fort Sumter

US Military Fort where the first shots were fired, initiating the civil war

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April 12th 1861

first shots fired on Fort Sumter, using 3,000 shells in 3.5 days

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Blockade

an act of sealing off a place to goods or people from entering or leaving

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Union Blockade

naval strategy to stop Confederate trade, issued after battle of Fort Sumter

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Blockade Runners

small boats that were fast but couldn’t carry a lot, outrun Union Blockade

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Merrimack

Abandoned Union warship Confederates salvaged

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Ironclad

Warship covered in iron to protect against enemy fire

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Monitor

Union ironclad that fought against Merrimack

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Emancipation Proclamation

Law that freed slaves only in Confederate controlled areas

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