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