A | B |
FORT SUMTER | South Carolina fort attacked by South,started Civil War |
ROBERT E. LEE | Virginian, left Union and joined Confederacy |
BORDER STATE | Slave state that bordered free states,didn't secede from Union |
KING COTTON | Term showing cotton's importance in South |
ANACONDA PLAN | Union strategy to cut off South's coastline and control Miss. River |
BLOCKADE | Armed forces prevent goods/people from moving in or out of an area |
FIRST BATTLE OF BULL RUN | First battle AFTER Congress declared war on South |
HYGIENE | Conditions & practices that promote health |
RIFLE | Gun with grooved barrel, more accurate |
MINIE BALL | Bullet with hollow base, improved accuracy |
IRONCLAD | Warship with iron hull and rotating gun turret |