click below
click below
Normal Size Small Size show me how
U.S. History
Civil War
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| border state | a slave state between the North and the South that remianed in the Union during the Civil War. |
| martial law | rule by an army instead of by elected officials. |
| casualty | a person killed, injured, or captured in war. |
| civilian | a person who is not a soldier. |
| conscription | drafting of people for military service. |
| discrimination | unjust treatment of a personbased on false ideas about a particular group. |
| total war | the destruction of food, equipment,& anything else of use to soldiers & civilians. |
| assassinate | the murder a political leader like a President. |
| veteran | a person who has served in the armed forces. |