A | B |
martial law | rule by the military |
civilians | person not in the military |
habeas corpus | right to have charges filed or a trial before being jailed |
inflation | economic cycle in which the value of money falls and prices rise |
emancipate | set free |
bounties | payments given to men joining the Union army |
profiteers | person who uses an emergency to make money |
tax-in-kind | tax paid with goods rather than money |
Copperheads | Northerners who didn't want to fight to keep the South in the Union |
Emancipation Proclamation | declaration that freed slaves in the Confederacy |