1. Civil War
Academic Vocabulary

2. Blockade
To isolate an enemy area by a warring (fighting) nation using troops or warships to prevent the passage of supplies and people.

3. Conscription
Forced military enrollment of people into military service.

4. Sovereignty
Supreme power; the state of being free from outside control; self-governing

5. Having complete control over/owning another human being.
Slavery
Having complete control over/owning another human being.

6. An imported drug used for fighting malaria and other fevers.
Quinine
An imported drug used for fighting malaria and other fevers.

7. To withdraw; break off ties
Secession/Secede
To withdraw; break off ties

8. The alliance of the Southern States during the Civil War.
Confederacy
The alliance of the Southern States during the Civil War.

9. States’ Rights
The belief that the federal government should not have too much power over the affairs of individual states.

10. A person who works to end slavery.
Abolitionist
A person who works to end slavery.

11. The alliance of the Northern States during the Civil War.
Union
The alliance of the Northern States during the Civil War.

13. Civil War Terms
Blockade: To isolate an enemy area by a warring (fighting) nation using troops or warships to prevent the passage of supplies and people.
Conscription: Forced military enrollment of people into military service.
Sovereignty: Supreme power; the state of being free from outside control; self- governing
Slavery: Having complete control over/owning another human being.
Quinine: An imported drug used for fighting malaria and other fevers.
Secession/Secede: To withdraw.
Confederacy: The alliance of the Southern States during the Civil War.
States’ Rights: The belief that the federal government should not have too much power over the affairs of individual states.
Abolitionist: A person who works to end slavery.
Union: The alliance of the Northern States during the Civil War.