| A | B |
| abolish | to get rid of completely |
| cultural | how the people of the North and South lived their lives |
| economic | how the North and South earned their money |
| constitutional | how the North and South looked at the U.S. Constitution |
| John Brown | Leader of a raid on gun storage facility |
| Uncle Tom's Cabin | Anti-slavery novel |
| Appomattox Courthouse | The South surrendered to the North in this town on April 9, 1865. |
| Harper's Ferry | Place where raid for guns took place |
| secede | to leave a political union |
| Fort Sumter | Confederates began firing on this fort on April 12, 1861. The Civil War had begun. |
| Gettysburg Address | President Lincoln made a speech at a ceremony dedicating part of the battlefield as a cemetery. |
| March to the Sea | Union soldiers moved from Atlanta to Savannah |
| Atlanta Campaign | Union soldiers moved from Tenessee to Atlanta |
| cotton | South's most important crop |