Civil War Vocabulary #1

A type of conflict that takes place between two or more groups in one country.

• Civil War

• Total War

• Guerrilla War

• Cold War

Slave states that were located between the Confederacy & the Union.

• Rouge States

• Free States

• Border States

• Confederated States

The northern states that remained part of the United States during the Civil War.

• The Confederacy

• The Union

• The Secessionists

• The Copperheads

Another name for the Union - the non-slave & slave states that stayed in the U.S.

• The North

• The South

• The Confederacy

• The West

One of the names for the Southern slave states that left the U.S. during the Civil War.

• The Oligarchy

• The Parliament

• The Separatists

• The Confederacy

Another name for the Confederacy - the slave states that left the U.S.

• The South

• The East

• The Old Northwest

• The Province

The official name of the country the slave states formed when they left the U.S.

• The Southern States of North America

• The Confederate States of America

• The League of Slave States

• The Secession States of America

To prevent goods or people from entering or leaving a place.

• export

• import

• secession

• blockade

To separate from a state or country in order to form an independent country.

• emancipation

• secession

• export

• civil war

When goods & services that are produced in one country are sold to buyers in another country.

• export

• import

• inter-transfer

• barter