| A | B |
| 13th amendment | made slavery unconstitutional |
| habeas corpus | right to know why you are jailed |
| rounders | civil war baseball |
| blockade | prevented confederate trade |
| ironclad | super hard warship |
| primary source | first hand information |
| union | another name for the north |
| confederate states of america | another name for the south |
| thesis | essay statement that is the main idea |
| war of northern aggression | southern name for the civil war |
| total war | war destroys the lives of civilians too |
| fort sumter | first battle of the war |
| manassas | site of two large battles |
| antietam | battle that led to emancipation |
| chancellorsville | battle where stonewall jackson died |
| gettysburg | battle fought in pennsylvania on July 4 |
| cold harbor | battle where grant was named butcher |
| savannah | end of shermans march to the sea |
| appomattox | southern surrender site |
| robert e. lee | southern army commander |
| ulysses s. grant | northern army commander |
| jefferson davis | confederate president |
| abraham lincoln | united states president |
| joshua lawrence chamberlain | officer in charge of little round top |
| john wilkes booth | actor and lincolns assasin |
| george pickett | officer in charge of gettysburg attack |
| thomas stonewall jackson | lees most competent general |