| A | B |
| border state | a slave state between the North and South that remained in the Union during the Civil War |
| martial law | rule by an army instead of by elected officials |
| casualty | a person killed, injured, or captured in war |
| civilian | a person who is not a soldier |
| veteran | a person who has served in the armed forces |
| discrimination | unjust treatment of a person based on false ideas about a particular group |
| total war | the destruction of food, equipment, and anything else of use to soldiers and civilians |
| assassinate | to murder a political leader like a President |
| conscription | drafting of people for military service |