CHAPTER 20
fort sumter
The place where the Civil War broke out.
border states
The states that had slavery but were loyal to the North during the Civil War.
west virginia
One of the border states during the Civil War.
trent affair
An affair involving the United States and Britain during the Civil War.
alabama
British commerce-raiding ships that were created during the Civil War.
laird rams
A style of ship built by the Confederacy that was meant to ram into wooden ships to destroy them.
dominion of canada
Britain established this dominion in Canada to strengthen them in hopes of them attacking America one day,
writ of habeas corpus
A privilege that was suspended during the Civil War so that anti-Unionists could be arrested.
new york draft riots
Riots that happened in New York because citizens there were being drafted for the Union army.
morrill tariff act
A tariff made during the Civil War that raised duties from 5% to 10%, rivaling the levels of the Walker Tariff.
greenbacks
The name for money produced in the Union during the Civil War.
national banking system
A system authorized by Congress in 1863 to stimulate the sale of government bonds.
homestead act
An act passed during the Civil War where if a person lived and improved a piece of property in the west for 5 years, they got the land for free.
u.s. sanitary commission
A commission established by Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell, the first female physician, to actively help the Union armies.