FORT SNELLING VOCABULARYBemidji State University – Spring 2009

ZEBULON PIKE ERA

An army post where troops are stationed

fort

CIVIL WAR ERA

To withdraw

secede

WORLD WAR II ERA

The act of questioning

interrogation

DRED SCOTT

To forbid by authority or law

Prohibit

FORT BUILT IN 1825

An area of land

Territory

SIOUX UPRISING

To steal another’s property

Loot

WORLD WAR II ERA

A person who translates from one language to another

interpreter

SIOUX UPRISING

A camp where prisoners of war are kept

Concentration camp

ZEBULON PIKE

To picture mentally

Envisioned

CIVIL WAR

To sign up or enroll in military duty

Enlist

FORT BUILT IN 1825

The process of destroying, especially using explosives

demolition

DRED SCOTT

To state positively

asserted

VOCABULARY WORDS NOT USED1. Treaty2. Regulation3. Recruit4. Rigorous5. Execution6. Uprising7. Regiment8. Emancipatio

n9. Diminished10. Settlement11. Industrious12. liberated

1. An agreement in writing made by negotiating

2. A rule designed to control or govern

3. A new member of a group4. Strict attention to rules and

procedures5. Putting to death6. Violent opposition to an

established government7. A group of soldiers8. To free from control9. To become smaller or less10. A colony in its early stages11. Working energetically; hardworking12. To free from discrimination