| A | B |
| Hawks | people who use war or warlike policy used during the civil war |
| Interstate | Between two or more states |
| Intrastate | Within a state |
| Slave state | State that permitted slavery |
| Alien | one who is not a citizen of the state or nation |
| Confederate | The eleven southern states united in a league or alliance |
| Compact | An agreement or covenant between two or more parties; contract |
| Doves | Persons opposed to war |
| Economic Sanctions | Refusal to trade with an offending or aggressor nation |
| Emancipation | The act of setting a person or people free |
| Embargo | Law or Govt. order prohibiting trade with a foreign company or nation |
| Impeach | to be thrown out of office |
| Impressment | To induct into involuntary military service by force |