| A | B |
|---|
| secede | to leave or withdraw |
| Confederate States of America | southern states; economy depended on slavery |
| Union | Northern states during the Civil War |
| emancipation | freedom from bondage |
| Border States | Union States on the border with Confederate States |
| states' rights | idea that states had power in government |
| advantages | strengths the other side doesn't have |
| turning points | events that change the way things are going |
| hardships | difficulties or problems |
| strongholds | the strongest places |
| Abraham Lincoln | US President during Civil War |
| Jefferson Davis | President of the Confederacy |
| Ulysses S. Grant | General for the North during the Civil War |
| Robert E. Lee | General for the South during the Civil War |
| Fort Sumter | FIrst shots fired here in Charleston, SC. No deaths. |
| Antietam | September 1862, 23,00 died in the war's bloodiest battle. |
| Battle of Gettysburg | turning point of the war; furthest north. |
