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Test 1 Flashcards

1
Q

To lie in wait for an unexpected attack

A

Ambush

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2
Q

A place where weapons and other military supplies are manufactured

A

Armory

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3
Q

A place where weapons and other military supplies are stored

A

Arsenal

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4
Q

Cannons or other large caliber fire arms. A branch of the army armored with a cannon

A

Artillery

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5
Q

The distance of the inside of a gun barrel

A

Caliber

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6
Q

Foraging soldiers that steak from private residences

A

Bummer

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7
Q

A series of military operations that form a distinct phase of the war

A

Campaign

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8
Q

A projectile shot from a cannon filled with iron balls

A

Canister

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9
Q

Container to carry water

A

Canteen

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10
Q

Essential to firing a percussion firing musket

A

Cap

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11
Q

Roll of thin paper which held a small amount of gun powder and a ball or bullet on top

A

Cartridge

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12
Q

Crop like tobacco or corn that is sold for money

A

Cash crop

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13
Q

Dead, captured, injured or missing

A

Casualty

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14
Q

Soldiers on horses

A

Cavalry

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15
Q

To rush toward the enemy

A

Charge

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16
Q

Escaped slaves who fled to the union for protection

A

Contrabands

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17
Q

Northerner who opposed the war

A

Copperhead

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18
Q

Carried mail or messages

A

Couriers

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19
Q

To practice marching, military formations, step in firing and had one’s weapons

A

Drill

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20
Q

Intestinal disease that causes diarrhea

A

Dysentery

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21
Q

Freedom from slavery

A

Emancipation

22
Q

To pretend to attack in one direction while a real attack is directed somewhere else

A

Feint

23
Q

To move around and gain the side of the enemy position, avoiding a frontal assault

A

Flank

24
Q

Something that makes a defensive position stronger

A

Fortification

25
Q

A leave of duty granted by a superior officer

A

Furlough

26
Q

Northern currency

A

Greenback

27
Q

New troops

A

Green troops

28
Q

Flour, water and salt

A

Hard Tack

29
Q

Small sewing kit

A

Housewife

30
Q

Fired hollow projectile canister that contained small metal ?

A

Howitzer

31
Q

Soldiers that traveled on foot

A

Infantry

32
Q

A sudden, open, unconcealed attack with the intent to capture it before its defenders can mount a defense

A

Insult

33
Q

Overwhelming advancing force that crushes everything in its path

A

Juggernaut

34
Q

Cap worn by union soldiers

A

Kepi

35
Q

Troops like the national guard

A

Militia

36
Q

Unrifled artillery gun which was designed to launch over walls and fortifications

A

Mortar

37
Q

Weapon loaded from the end by putting a bullet and gun powder down the barrel

A

Muzzle loading

38
Q

A branch of the military that uses ships

A

Navy

39
Q

Soldiers posted on guard ahead of the main force

A

Picket

40
Q

A floating bridge, anchoring a of a large flat bottomed?

A

Pontoon

41
Q

Officer in charge of clothing, supplies and food

A

Quartermaster

42
Q

A large earthen mound

A

Rampart

43
Q

High pitched yell used by the confederate soldiers

A

Rebel yell

44
Q

Gun barrel that has grooves

A

Rifle

45
Q

Withdraw from the union

A

Secession

46
Q

Term for cheap or poorly made cloth

A

Shoddy

47
Q

Blocking the supply lines and escape routes of a city to force it to surrender

A

Siege

48
Q

A minor fight

A

Skirmish

49
Q

A new way of conducting war. Instead of focusing on military targets, destroy homes, crops to demoralize and undermine the civilians

A

Total war

50
Q

Military school in New. York

A

West Point

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