| A | B |
|---|
| civil war | violent conflict among CITIZENS WITHIN ONE COUNTRY |
| The Civil War | the war between the UNION and CONFEDERATE states between 1861 and 1865 |
| Union | government and army of the US (primarily the NORTH); army commander: General ULYSSES S. GRANT President: ABRAHAM LINCOLN |
| Confederacy | SOUTHERN STATES that SECEDED from the Union President: JEFFERSON DAVIS |
| secession | the WITHDRAWAL of a state FROM THE UNION |
| election of 1860 | the election of LINCOLN to the Presidency which was followed by the SECESSION of several Southern states who feared that Lincoln would try to abolish slavery |
| Fort Sumter | FIRST BATTLE of the Civil War in SOUTH CAROLINA |
| Battle of Antietam | Civil War battle in MARYLAND that was the BLOODIEST BATTLE of the war; after the battle, LINCOLN issued the EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION |
