to leave a location, usually for one’s own protection
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What are border states?
a state that bordered both Union and Confederate states, namely Maryland, Kentucky, Delaware, Missouri, and West Virginia
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What does mobilize mean?
to organize and prepare troops for war
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What are army troops who fight on horseback called?
Cavalry
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What is another name for foot soldiers?
Infantry
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what do you call a battle strategy that uses a system of ditches to give soldiers a protected place from which to fire during battle?
Trench Warfare
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What is an ironclad?
a ship armored with iron plates to protect it from cannon fire
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What is mortality?
the death rate
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What is a philanthropist?
someone who actively promotes human welfare
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What do you call a person who is not in the military?
A civilian
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Name the military strategy during the Civil War in which the North planned to set up a blockade around the southern coast to ruin the South’s economy and secure ports on the Mississippi River, as a huge snake crushes its prey.
The Anaconda Plan
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What do you call a small, fast ship carrying mounted guns?
A gunboat
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What is a pontoon?
a portable, cylindrical float used to build a temporary bridge
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What is a situation in which neither side in a conflict is able to win?
a stalemate
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What was the Emancipation Proclamation?
an 1863 document issued by Abraham Lincoln that freed all slaves living in Confederate-held territory during the American Civil War