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Chapter 14 Vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Border States | The slave states that did not secede, along with the western counties |
| Blockade | the use of naval forces to stop shipping |
| Raiders | The Confederate Navy used swift, lightly armed ships |
| Ironclads | , armored vessels, and even a submarine to sink the Union’s wooden ships and open the ports |
| Conscription | draft |
| Blockade Runners | fast ships that were supposed to be able to outrun the naval ships, to bring in goods and supplies. |
| Hunley | left the dock in Charleston with a crew of eight. |
| Casualties | those killed or wounded, |
| Emancipation Proclamation. | The proclamation stated that after January 1, 1863, “all persons held as slaves within any States . . . in rebellion against the United States shall be . . . forever free.” |