Chapter 17 Quiz- The Civil War

A state on the border between North and South

• border state

• buffer state

• contingent state

• secession state

To formally join the military

• enlist

• draft

• enjoin

• enroll

A stream or small river that flows into a large river

• gulf

• bay

• tributary

• crest

A ship equipped with iron or steel plating for protection from attacks

• iron horse

• ironclad

• iron ship

• iron ore

A soldier who is wounded, captured or killed during battle

• casualty

• MIA

• consequence

• veteran

Presidential decree issued by Abraham Lincoln that said all slaves in Confederate States were free after January 1, 1863.

• Lincoln Decree

• Lincoln Emancipation

• Emancipation Proclamation

• Lincoln Proclamation

A legal order that guarantees a prisoner the right to be heard in court

• habeas corpus

• corpus cristie

• writ of certiorari

• eminent domain

A system of selecting people for required military service

• draft

• enlist

• selective troops

• wartime powers

A reward or payment

• bounty

• draft

• habeas corpus

• greenback

Paper money issued by the US Government

• greenbacks

• confederate dollars

• military script

• onion skins