Civil War Vocab Assessment
Ironclads
iron plated battle ships-not wood ships
George McClellan
Union military commander who wouldn't fight despite President Lincoln's orders to do so. Ran against Lincoln for President.
conscription
a draft that forced men to serve in the military
copperheads
Northern Democrats who wanted peace with the South, not victory
John Wilkes Booth
assassinated President Lincoln
Jefferson Davis
president of the Confederate States of America
Richmond, VA
Capital of the Confederacy
Washington D.C.
Capital of the United States
Anaconda Plan
Northern Strategy that included splitting the South in half
Emancipation Proclamation
Proclamation issued by Lincoln, freeing all slaves in areas still at war with the Union.
Thirteenth Amendment
freed all slaves in the U.S.
writ of habias corpus
court order that requires authorities to bring a person held in jail before the court to determine why he or she is being jailed
