| A | B |
|---|
| Offensive | attack on an enemy |
| To enlist | to sign up |
| Strategy | military plan |
| Border states | states on the dividing line between the North and the South |
| Blockade runner | Ships that slip through a blockade |
| Ironclad | armored |
| To Emancipate | to set free |
| Casualty | a person killed or injured |
| Income tax | a tax on yearly earnings |
| Inflation | a sharp, steady rise in prices |
| Emancipation Proclamation | freed all slaves in the Confederate states |
| Greenback | paper dollar |
| Bounty | bonus |
| Draft | a process of selecting persons for required military service |
| Habeas Corpus | protection from being jailed illegally |
| Defensive | protecting yourself |
| Advantages for North | more factories, more people, existing government |
| Advantages for South | fighting on own soil, great military leaders, good outdoor skills |
| Strategies for North | Blockade port cities, capture Richmond, control the Mississippi |
| Strategies for South | fight defensive war, get foriegn help, capture Washington D.C |
| Battles won for North | New Orleans, Gettysburg, Antietam |
| Battles won for South | First Battle of Bull Run, Second Battle of Bull Run, Fredericksburg |
| Robert E. Lee | commander of the Confederate Army who surrendered at Appomatox |
| Ulysses S. Grant | final commander of the Union Army, fought in the Mexican War |
| Thomas Jackson | nicknamed "Stonewall" for his fighting in the Confederate Army |
| William T. Sherman | Union general who captured Atlanta |
