| A | B |
|---|
| Copperheads | Northern Democrats that favored peace with the South |
| income tax | tax on earnings |
| greenback | paper money introduced during the civil war |
| he would be acting from a position of strength | reason Lincoln waited to announce the Emancipation Proclamation after the North won a battle |
| President was Comander in Chief of the Army when he issued it | reason the Emancipation Proclamation was considered a military action |
| Pickett's Charge | failed Confederate attack on the cednter of the Union line at the Battle of Gettysburg |
| it didn't free all slaves | reason some abolitionists didn't support the Emancipation Proclamation |
| Reconstruction | name given to the time period after the Civil War when the U.S. rebuilt the south |
| Siege of Vicksburg | key union victory that gave the Union complete control of the Mississippi |
| April 9, 1865 | official end date of the Civil War. |
| 54th Massachusetts | most famous African American regiment in the Civil War because of their bravery at the attack on Fort Watner in South Carolina |
| Confederate govt. threatened to execute them or return them to slavery | reason African-American regiments faced more danger than white Union soldiers |
| 620,000 | number of deaths in the Civil War |
| Ford's Theatre | name of theater where Abraham Lincoln was assassinated |
| writ of habeaus corpus | prevents the governement form holding citizens without formal charges |
| conscription/draft | laws requiring men to serve in the military |
| John Wilkes Booth | confederate supporter who killed Abraham Lincoln |
| draft riots | reaction of a large group of angry people in New York City to the draft |
| inflation | increase in the cost of goods and a decrease in the value of money |
| South | section of the country most affected by inflation |
| income tax, issuance of paper money called greenbacks | two economic measures passed during the Civil War |
| plowed fields; ran farms; took over office and factory jobs | ways in which women assumed more responsibiility at home during the Civil War |
| hoped that a southern victory would encourage the North to make peace | reason Lee decided to invade the North again |
| Stonewall Jackson | important Confeerat General who was accidentally shot by his own men and died at the Battle of Chancellorsville |
| South lost | outcome of Pickett's charge |
| General William Tecumseh Sherman | Union general given the task of invading the Deep South |
| Appomattox Court House | town in Virginia where Lee surrendered to Grant on April 9, 1865. |
| Confederate soldiers were to lay down their arms and return home in peace, taking their possessions and horses with them | Grant's terms of surrender |
| with respect | way Lincoln wanted to treat the South after the War |
| 13th amendment | abolished slavery |
| 14th amendment | called for African Americans to get the same rights as citizens but didn't mention voting |
| 15th amendment | right to vote for African Americans |
