| A | B |
|---|
| martial law | rule by an army instead of the government |
| inflation | rise in prices and decrease in worth of money |
| habeas corpus | right to a hearing before being jailed |
| President of the Confederacy during the Civil War | Jefferson Davis |
| Grant's plan for the war | hit the enemy hard and move on to the next battle site |
| successful strategy for winning the war | the Union took control of the Mississippi River |
| Union goal at the beginning of the war | to keep the country together |
| Emancipation Proclamation | it abolished slavery |
| total war | effects civilians as well as soldiers |
| Battle of Shiloh | one of the bloodiest battles of the Civil War |
| Battle of Fredericksburg | one of the Union's worst defeats |
| Battle of Chancellorsville | General Jackson's last battle; he was shot by accident by his own troops |
