| A | B |
|---|
| Union | USA as it was called during the 1800s |
| Secede | Break away from the rest of the country |
| Confederacy | Group united for a common purpose |
| Harriet Beecher Stowe | Wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin |
| Fugitive Slave Law | Demanded that federal agents and citizens capture escaped slaves and return them to slavery |
| Dred Scott | Enslaved African American who filed a case for freedom |
| John Brown | Abolitionist who led supporters into a weapons warehouse in Harpers Ferry |
| Abraham Lincoln's election in 1860 | Led to secession of 11 southern states |
| Civil War | A war fought between regions of a nation. |
| Mobilize troops | Prepare for war |
| American Civil War | Fought between Northern "Union" and Southern "Confederate States" |
| Robert E Lee | Leader of Southern or Confederate Army |
| Ulysses S Grant | Leader of Northern or "Union" Army |
| Iron ship used by the South | Merrimack |
| Iron ship used by the North | Monitor |
| Battles of Gettysburg, Vicksburg | Turning points in Civil War |
| Contraband | Property taken from the enemy |
| Emancipation | Freedom |
| Proclamation | Official announcement |
| Emancipation Proclamation, 1863 | Announcement about the freedom of enslaved Africans |
| Civilians | People of a country that are not part of the military, like us |
| Riot | Unruly protest, with violence |
| Inflation | Happens when money loses value and goods cost more |
| Anaconda plan | North's plan to squeeze the South |
| Draft | Choose people for the army |
| The Battle of Gettysburg was fought in this state | Pennsylvania |
| Dred Scott Decision by Sepreme Court | Said enslaved people were not citizen but property. |
| John Wilkes Booth | Assasinated Abraham Lincoln |
| Fort Sumter | Attack on Union soldiers here started the Civil War |
| Battle of Vicksburg | Victory here gave the Union control of the Mississippi river |
