| A | B |
| Confederacy | the 11 Southern states that separated from the United States and called itself the Confederate States of America |
| secede | to withdraw formally from membership in an organization, association, or alliance |
| Union | the 22 Northern States during the Civil War |
| Robert E. Lee | General of the Confederacy |
| Jefferson Davis | President of the Confederate States of America |
| Bull Run | 1st Battle of Civil War, ladies brought champagne to watch! |
| Abraham Lincoln | President of the United States |
| Ulysses S. Grant | Union General who finally can lead the North to victory |
| Tecumseh Sherman | "Total War" strategy which seeks revenge on the South at the end of the Civil War |
| Harriet Tubman | Spy, Scout, Nurse during the war |
| Frederick Douglass | abolitionist who gave speeches |
| Appomattox | place where Confederacy surrendered |
| Rose O'Neal Greenhow | Spy during the Civil War |
| Pickett's Charge | suicide mission for the South that ends the Battle of Gettysburg |
| Harriet Beecher Stowe | Uncle Tom's Cabin |
| Clara Barton | Nurse who starts the Red Cross |