| A | B |
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| Abraham Lincoln | President of the union during the civil war |
| Jefferson Davis | He was the only President of the confederate states |
| John Brown | Abolistionist who led the attack on hapters ferry |
| Stephen Douglas | Senator from Illinois that debated against Abraham Lincoln |
| Robert E. Lee | Leader of the Confederate Army |
| Ulysses S. Grant | Leader of the union army, he later went on to become President of the United States |
| John Wilkes Booth | The southern sympathizer who assassinated Lincoln |
| Andrew Johnson | President during the reconstruction, radical republicans wanted to impeach him |
| Harriet Beecher Stowe | Author of Uncle Tom's cabin |
| William T. Sherman | Military leader who used the idea of total war when he led his troops from Atlanta to Savannah |
| Harriet Tubman | Abolistionist who led hundreds of slaves to freedom using the underground railroad |
| Frederick Douglas | Abolistionist that was an advisor and friend to Abraham Lincoln on the issues of slavery |
| Freedman's Bureau | Organization that was formed after the Civil War to help African Americans adjust to freedom |
| Emancipation Proclamation | This announcement gave freedom to enslaved people in areas of open rebellion |
| Total War | A war strategy that destroys everything |
| Fugitive Slave Act | A policy that would return runaway slaves to their owners |
| Anaconda Plan | A war strategy were troops surround the enemy and close in on them |
| 13th Amendment | Ended slavery in the United States |
| 14th Amendment | All persons in the United States have full citizenship rights |
| 15th Amendment | All United States citizens have the right to vote (except women) |
| Kansas- Nebraska Act | Legislation stated that the people within a state should decide whether or no the state has slavery |
| Compromise of 1850 | Decided the dispute over the extension of slavery in the west |
| Southern state leave the union | Abraham Lincoln is elected President |
| Fort Sumter | First attack of the Civil War |
| Southern Advantage of the Civil War | Southern generals were well trained |
| Northern Advantages of the Civil War | large population, excellent resources and strong economy |
| Battle of Bull Run | First battle of the Civil war |
| Antietam | This was the bloodest one day battle of the Civil War |
| Gettysburg address | Given by Lincoln on the Battlefield, stressed the importance of freedom for all people |
| Appomatox Court House | Location where Lee surrendered his army to Grant |
| Klu Klux Klan | A group formed after the Civil War that promoted hatred towards African Americans |
| Reconstruction | Period after the Civil War where the south being controlled by the federal government |
| Richmond Virginia | Capital of the Confederacy |
| Dred Scott | slave that sued owner. Supreme court ruled that slaves were not citizens |
| popular sovereignty | allowing people in a territory to decide whether to allow slavery |
| draft | required military service, called on by Gen. Lee |
| writ of habeas corpus | legal protection requiring that a court determine whether a person is lawfully imprisoned |
| contraband | captured items that became the property of the enemy government |
| black codes | laws that restricted freedman's rights |
| impeachment | to charge a public official with wrongdoing in office |
| carpetbagger | negative nickname for northern Republicans who moved to the South after the Civil War to reap economical benifits |
