5th Grade Civil War Vocabulary

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5th Grade Civil War Vocabulary

• Mrs. Thornburgs and Drews version!

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What do we call a place where people live for a
time in tents, cabins, or other rough shelters?

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Camp

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What do we call the freeing of enslaved people?

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Emancipation

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What do we call government selection of people to
serve in the military?
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Draft
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What do we call a slave state that stayed in the
Union?
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Border States
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What do we call all the people in the country
that are not in the military during wartime?
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Home front
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What do we call a state that did not have slavery?
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Free States
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What do we call a person that is not in the
military?
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Civilian
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What do we call an idea that the people who live
in a place make decisions for themselves?
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Popular Sovereignty
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What do we call a machine that sends electric
signals over wires?
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Telegraph
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What do we call leaving an army without
permission?
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Desert
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What do we call the strategy of destroying the
enemys resources?
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Total War
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What do we call soldiers who are killed or
wounded?
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Casualties
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What do we call the name chosen by the states
that left the Union at the time of the Civil War?
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Confederacy
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What is another name for the United States?
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Union
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What do we call the withdrawal when a part of a
country leaves or breaks off from the rest?
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Secession
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What do we call a state that permitted slavery?
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Slave States