| A | B |
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| civil war | war between citizens of the same country |
| blockade | a strategy which prevents goods from entering or leaving a port |
| abolitionist | someone who believed slavery should be ended |
| Union (North) | another name for the United States of America: "Yankees" |
| Confederacy (South) | another name for the Confederate States of America; "Rebels" |
| civil war | armed fighting between groups within the same country |
| secession | withdrawal from the United States |
| Underground Railroad | group of people who tried to help slaves from the south escape to the north. Also came to be called the Liberty Line |
| Mason-Dixon line | the boundary line between the Northern states and Southern states |
| Uncle Tom's Cabin | book written by Harriet Beecher Stowe telling of the evils of slavery |
| border states | states that practiced slavery but did not want |
| Fort Sumter | the first battle of the Civil War. Took place in South Carolina |
| Ulysses S. Grant | Commander of the Union Army at the end of the war |
| Robert E. Lee | Commander of the Conferate Army |
| emancipate | to free someone or something from the control of another |
| blockade | to close an area in order to prevent it from being used |
| plantation | a large piece of land taken care of by slave labor |
| general | a high ranking officer in the military |
| casualty | an injured person |
| surrender | to give up |
