| A | B |
| Union | The name of the North |
| Confederacy | The name of the South |
| Blue | Color of Union uniforms |
| Gray | Color of Confederate uniforms |
| Abraham Lincoln | President of the Union |
| Jefferson Davis | President of the Confederacy |
| Ulysses S. Grant | General of the Union |
| Robert E. Lee | General of the South |
| Fort Sumter | First battle of the Civil War |
| Gettysburg | Turning point of the Civil War |
| Appomattox | Site of Confederate surrender |
| Assassination | Fate of Abraham Lincoln |
| Reconstruction | Time to readmit states to Union |
| Emancipation Proclamation | freed southern slaves 1863 |
| 1861-1865 | Duration of Civil War |
| Sectionalism | Helped cause CW--each section believed in own importance |
| Slavery | Helped cause CW--issue divide the US |
| States Rights | Helped cause CW--balance of power between states and federal gov't |
| Tariffs | Helped cause CW--North wanted high/South wanted low |
| Gettysburg Address | Lincoln's speech urging unity |