| A | B |
| suffrage | the right to vote |
| abolitionist | those who wished to end slavery |
| authentic | realistic |
| secede | to leave, remove oneself |
| sundry | various, miscellaneous |
| interpose | to intervene or interfere |
| languish | to grow weary |
| inauguration | the ceremony placing a president in office |
| faculty | to have ability |
| intimate | to hint |
| president of United Confederate States of America | Jefferson Davis |
| commanding general of the South | Robert E. Lee |
| first shots of civil war fired at | Fort Sumter |
| surrender of Robert E. Lee to Grant occurred in | Virginia |
| Frederick Douglas | escaped slave |
| author of Red Badge of Courage | Stephen Crane |
| Malcolm X was civil rights advocate during | 1960s |
| "My Captain, Oh, Captain!" | a sad nation who has lost their president |
| Which man attempted to destroy Frederick Douglass' spirit | Covey |