| A | B |
|---|
| Emancipation Proclamation | document that set slaves free |
| Freedmen's Bureau | gave help to freed slaves |
| abolitionist | person who wanted to end slavery |
| secede | break away from |
| firing on Fort Sumter | the start of the Civil War |
| Union blockade | kept supplies out of the Confederate states |
| Sherman's March | convinced Southerners to end the war |
| John C. Calhoun | in favor of states' rights |
| Confederate States of America | new country that SC started when it seceded |
| Underground Railroad | system of safe houses for runaway slaves |
| Hunley | first submarine to sink enemy warship in wartime |
| Union | states that did not secede |
| how cotton gin changed things | more slaves were needed |
| why slaves were important | meant more money for planters |
