| A | B |
|---|
| copperheads | northerners who didn't support the war |
| draft law | required able-bodied males btw 20 - 45 to serve if called |
| inflation | rise in prices & decrease in value of $ |
| profiteers | charged excessive prices for goods that were needed |
| habeas corpus | right to be charged or have a hearing before being jailed |
| income tax | tax on people's earnings |
| Battle of Vicksburg | Union victory/gained control of Mississippi River/split Confederacy |
| siege | military encirclement of an enemy position in order to force it to surrender |
| Pickett's Charge | during Battle of Gettysburg/ Confed. loss |
| Gettysburg Address | given by Lincoln to dedicate the cemetary |
| total war | strategy to destry everything & civilians suffered |
| Appomattox Court House | where Lee surrendered to Grant |
| Fort Wagner | attack led by 54th Massachusetts in which almost half of the regiment was killed |
| Emancipation Proclamation | issued by Lincoln; freed slaves in areas rebelling against the US |
| Battle of Antietam | bloodiest day of Civil War history |
| Battle of Chancellorsville | Confederate victory but Stonewall Jackson killed by "friendly fire" |
| Virginia | Confederate ironclad ship |
| Monitor | Union ironclad ship |
| Battle of Bull Run | 1st major battle of Civil War & showed both sides . . . |
| border states | Kentucky, Missouri, Maryland, Delaware, West Virginia |
| martial law | rule by the army instead of the elected government |
| Robert E. Lee | Confederate General who had a "tough" decision |
| Jefferson Davis | President of Confederacy |
| Richmond | capital of the Confederacy |
| General McClellan | "all quiet along the Potomac" |
| Ulysses S. Grant | commander of Union forces in the west and later the entire Union Army |
| General Sherman | led the march from Atlanta to the Sea - total war |
| General Sheridan | led the march through the Shenandoah Valley; total war |
| Clara Barton | nurse; founder of Am Red Cross |
| New technology | cone shaped bullets; improved cannons |
| blockade | Union strategy to cutt off the South |
