Unit 6 Vocabulary Review

The Northern part of the country made up of free states and some slave states was known as the ___________. Union

The Southern part of the country made up of slave states was known as the ___________. Confederacy

Generals in the army created military __________ strategies to achieve a major military objective. campaign

North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia are all examples of states that ____________ from the Union. Seceded

In the Western territories _________ to the US by Mexico, the states would use ______________ to choose whether they would be slave or free. Ceded, popular sovereignty

Abraham Lincoln issued the ______________ Proclamation to free the slaves in the South. Emancipation

During the _____________ period, slavery was the biggest argument amongst the states in the country. Antebellum

A _________ is a military strategy used by the US army to surround a city and force it to surrender. siege

The Union set up a military ____________ of the Southern states to limit the amount of manufactured goods available to support their soldiers and citizens. blockade

The term that best describes the disagreement and division of North and South over the issue of slavery is? sectionalism

Many northerners were calling for complete and total _________ of slavery in the U.S. abolition

As the war dragged on, there was a high demand for soldiers in both the North and South. They had to institute _______________ to force military service. conscription

Abraham Lincoln issued a _____________ to suspend _________________________ so he could arrest Southern sympathizers and hold them in jail until the end of the war. Mandate, habeas corpus

As the war went on, the Confederacy began printing additional money which caused serious ___________ in the South. inflation

The Civil War can be described as a war of _____________ because the goal of both sides was to wear down the other in order to achieve victory. attrition