| A | B |
|---|
| Monitor | First Union ship made completely out of iron. |
| Merrimack | First Confederate ship made of iron |
| Minnie Ball | new bullet combined with rifling of muskets lead to high casualty rates during the war |
| 13th Amendment | ended slavery in the United States |
| Emancipation Proclamation | ended slavery in the confederate held territories |
| Johnny Reb | Reference to the average Confederate Soldier |
| Billy Yank | Reference to the average Union Soldier |
| Anaconda Plan | Union plan to surround the Confederacy and squeeze it to death |
| Total War | expanding the war to effect the civilian population of your enemy |
| Confederacy | Name given to the states that seceded from the United States during the Civil War |
| Union | Name given to the states that remained loyal to the United States during the Civil War |
