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| Confederate General whose military genius may have kept the Confederacy alive. | Robert E. Lee |
| American Officer who became a Union General. Know as a great strategist | Winfield Scott |
| 16th president of the US. An abolitionist who believed that slavery was a national problem. | Abraham Lincoln |
| 1st and only president of the Confederate States of America. | Jefferson Davis |
| Confederate battleship also known as the the Virginia. Used in the first battle with ironclad ships. | The Merrimac |
| A farm or area used to grow crops, usually part of a large estate. | Plantation |
| Confederate general known as "Stonewall" because his troops stood strong at the Battle of Bull Run. | Thomas J. Jackson |
| Freeing from imprisonment or slavery. | Emancipation |
| A term applied to native Southerners who worked with Northerners and blacks to rebuild the Southern states. | Scalawag |
| Union ship used in battle on March 9, 1862. This was the first conflict between ironclad ships. | The Monitor |
| To end or outlaw. | Abolish |
| A war between two or more regions of the same country. | Civil War |
| A term applied to Northerners who moved to Southern states to help with reconstruction. They were called this because of the carpet suitcases they carried. | Carpetbaggers |
| Any group of two or more states that work together for a common purpose. The Southern states during the Civil War. | Confederacy |
| Union Major General whose successful campaign in Georgia split the Confederacy in two and made an important contribution to the Union victory. | William Tecumseh Sherman |
| 18th president of the US and a powerful Union general. | Ulysses S. Grant |
| Site of the first battle of the American Civil War. On April 12, 1861, Confederates fired upon this fort. | Fort Sumter |
| To formally withdraw membership in an organization or political group. | Secede |
| Union general who led the 3rd Cavalry division wearing a trademark Wild West uniform. | George Armstrong Custer |
| An American writer and abolitionist. Writer of Uncle Tom's Cabin. | Harriet Beecher Stowe |
| Term used to describe the Northerners. | Yankees |
| Term used to describe the Southern army. | Rebels |
| Eighty Years | Four Score |
| The Battle at Fort Sumter - The first battle of the Civil War. | April 12, 1861 |
| Helped runaway slaves on the Underground Railroad | Harriet Tubman |
| The United States of America | Union |
| Horseback units. | Cavalry |
| Units that travelled and fought on foot. | Infantry |
| A long line of safe places where escaped slaves could hide as they sneaked north toward freedom. | Underground Railroad |
| A person who wants to end slavery | Abolitionist |
| A Confederate prison near Macon, Georgia | Andersonville Prison |
| Being drafted into military service - being forced to join | Conscription |
| The Presidential order of 1863 that freed enslaved people in the Confederate states. | Emancipation Proclamation |
| The era immediately following the war - a time when they were trying to rebuild the destroyed areas. | Reconstruction |
| The surrender at Appomattox Courthouse, Virginia. | April 9, 1865 |
| The amendment to the Constitution that abolished slavery. | Thirteenth Amendment |
| The date the Thirteenth Amendment was passed. | January 31, 1865 |
| a slave who escaped to or was brought into Union Lines | Contraband |
| One or more soldiers who stand gaurd to give warning of enemy approach | picket |
| Laws that stated that slaves were not allowed to leave their owners' land, meet in groups, buy or sell goods, or learn to read or write. | Slave Codes |
