| A | B |
| martial law | rule by the military |
| civilians | person not in the military |
| habeas corpus | right to have charges filed or a trial before being jailed |
| inflation | economic cycle in which the value of money falls and prices rise |
| emancipate | set free |
| bounties | payments given to men joining the Union army |
| profiteers | person who uses an emergency to make money |
| tax-in-kind | tax paid with goods rather than money |
| Copperheads | Northerners who didn't want to fight to keep the South in the Union |
| Emancipation Proclamation | declaration that freed slaves in the Confederacy |