| A | B |
| Anaconda Plan | blocked Southern seaports and controlled the Mississippi River |
| William Sherman | Union general who practiced total war in his march from Atlanta to Savannah |
| Freedmen's Bureau | helped former slaves find jobs, homes, and education |
| Jim Crow laws | segregated blacks from whites |
| Fort Sumter | first shots of the Civil War were fired here |
| First Battle of Bull Run | a major victory for the Confederacy near Washington, D.C. |
| Vicksburg | city defended by Confederate troops in a battle that lasted 48 days |
| Antietam | bloodiest battle of the Civil War |
| Appomattox | Civil War came to an end at a courthouse in this city |
| Emancipation Proclamation | Lincoln issued this to inspire Union troops |