Share This Article 1. The term “antebellum”, meaning before the war, in reference to the American Civil War was first used in this year. 1914 1865 1862 1899 2. This one of the 1798 Alien and Sedition Acts remains in effect today. The Alien Enemy Act The Alien Friends Act The Sedition Act The Naturalization Act 3. On 24 December 1862 Jefferson Davis declared that Union African-American soldiers captured by the Rebels would be treated this way. Sold into slavery Exchanged back to the Union As Prisoners of War Shot without trial Loading …