| A | B |
| Emancipation Proclamation | Abraham Lincoln signed this document that freed the salves |
| Robert E. Lee | the general of the Confederate army |
| Ulysses S. Grant | the genereal of the United States army |
| the 13th amendment | a change to the Constitution that forbade slavery |
| Richmond, Va. | the capital of the Confederacy |
| Abraham Lincoln | the president of the United States |
| Washington, DC | the capital of the United States |
| cotton | the plant grown of platations in the South: it was picked by slaves an used as an export |
| Fort Sumter | the site of the first battle of the Civil War |
| border states | the states between the North and the Southj |
| Appamatox, Va. | the site of the end of the Civil War |
| Jefferson Davis | the president of the Confederacy |
| The Union | the northern states that did not leave the United States |
| The Confederacy | the southern states that left the United States |