Chapter 14 Vocab

Question 1

Rebel Yell

Answer 1

yell that confederate soldiers screamed when they entered battle

Question 2

Army of Potomac

Answer 2

the main union army led by Ulysses Grant until they had their final victory in 1865

Question 3

Army of Northern Virginia

Answer 3

the main confederate army led by Robert E Lee and surrendered at the Appomattox court houses in April 1865

Question 4

Peninsular campaign of 1862

Answer 4

campaign done by General McClellan to take Virginia and end the war

Question 5

Cooper Union Address

Answer 5

speech done by Lincoln as part of his inaugural address in which he stated that while he wouldn’t mess with slavery where it already was he did not want it to extend anywhere else

Question 6

Contrabands

Answer 6

name given to slaves who escaped and then worked for/with the union

Question 7

Colonization

Answer 7

Lincoln’s proposed idae that they should create colonies in africa for slaves who would return there

Question 8

Emancipation proclamation

Answer 8

decree sated by Lincoln that freed all slaves in states of rebellion

Question 9

Peace Democrats

Answer 9

peopel within the democratic party that advocated immediate peace with the confederacy on terms that would allow it to leave that union

Question 10

Internal Revenue service

Answer 10

agency created by congress during the civil war to collect taxes for war efforts

Question 11

Greenbacks

Answer 11

paper currency created to back up the government’s promise to pay the people over silver or gold

Question 12

NY Draft Riot

Answer 12

mostly irish immigrant protest to go against conscription in NY that led to racial warfare