1. The Civil War
Chapter 22 Vocabulary

2. The Confederacy

3. The Confederacy

4. The Confederacy

5. The Confederacy

6. The Confederacy
The independent country declared by 11 southern states, who called themselves the Confederate States of America.

7. border states

8. border states
Slave states that chose to stay in the Union (Delaware, Maryland, West Virginia, Kentucky and Missouri).
Lincoln regarded these states critically because of their geographical positions and questionable loyalty. They all had strong ties to both the North and the South.

9. Civil War

10. Civil War

11. civil war

12. Civil War
A war fought between people who live in the same country.

13. emancipation

14. emancipation

15. emancipation
The act of freeing people from slavery.

16. draft

17. draft
A system for requiring citizens to join their country’s armed forces.

18. habeas corpus

19. habeas corpus

20. habeas corpus
A written order from a court that gives a person the right to a trial before being jailed.