| A | B |
| Fort Sumter | where the first shots of the Civil War were fired |
| Southerners | had many well-trained officers and hoped for a quick victory |
| Anaconda Plan | a plan with 3 main goals that included blocking off Southern seaports, controlling the Mississippi, and invading the south from east and west |
| Bull Run | a major victory for the Confederacy |
| Antietan | a costly victory for Union troops |
| Emancipation Proclamation | President Lincoln inspired troops with this proclamation that freed slaves |
| Vicksburg | an attack here that lasted 48 days |
| William Tecumseh Sherman | practiced "total war" where his troops seized or destroyed nearly everything in their path |
| Appomattox Court House | where the Confederacy surrendered |
| Freedmen's Bureau | provided food, clothing, shelter, etc. to help blacks and whites |
| Jim Crow laws | made the separation of white and black people legal |