Question 1

applaud

Accepted Answer

To show approval.

Question 2

Harper's Ferry Raid

Accepted Answer

John Brown plans to start a slave uprising, so he steals weapons at Harper's Ferry and is stopped by U.S. Marines where he is captured.

Question 3

Abraham Lincoln

Accepted Answer

16th President of the United States saved the Union during the Civil War and emancipated the slaves; was assassinated at Ford's Theater in Washington, D.C.

Question 4

treason

Accepted Answer

The crime of betraying one's country.

Question 5

Confederate States of America

Accepted Answer

The southern states that seceded from the United States in 1861.

Question 6

Robert E. Lee

Accepted Answer

Confederate general who had opposed secession but did not believe the Union should be held together by force.

Question 7

blockade

Accepted Answer

A war measure that isolates some area of importance to the enemy.

Question 8

border state

Accepted Answer

A slave state that remained in the Union during the Civil War (Maryland, Delaware, Missouri, Kentucky, and West Virginia)

Question 9

Anaconda Plan

Accepted Answer

Union war plan by Winfield Scott, called for blockade of southern coast, capture of Richmond, capture Mississippi River, and to take an army through heart of south.

Question 10

invasion

Accepted Answer

An attack by an armed force to conquer another country.

Question 11

surplus

Accepted Answer

A situation in which quantity supplied is greater than quantity demanded.

Question 12

hygiene

Accepted Answer

Measures contributing to cleanliness and good health.

Question 13

minie ball

Accepted Answer

Bullet with a hollow base created right before the Civil War, led to a high number of casualties during the war.

Question 14

ironclad

Accepted Answer

Warship covered with protective iron plates.

Question 15

regiment

Accepted Answer

A large, organized group of soldiers.

Question 16

recruitment

Accepted Answer

The process through which the organization seeks applicants for potential employment.

Question 17

trench

Accepted Answer

A long, narrow ditch.

Question 18

contaminated

Accepted Answer

Containing infection or infectious organisms or germs.

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