| A | B |
|---|
| Abraham Lincoln | election of him caused southern states to secede |
| Elmira | prison camp in the north |
| border states | important for their access to the capitals and rivers |
| Emancipation Proclamation | declaration that all slaves in rebel states were free |
| Copperhead | nickname given to northerners who sympathized with the south |
| Gettysburg Address | famous speech given to dedicate a battlefield |
| Appomattox Court House | location of the surrender of the south |
| Pickett's Charge | name given the final assault by the Confederates at Gettysburg |
| Fords Theater | location of the assassination |
| John Wilkes Booth | assassin of the 16th president |
| Andersonville | notorious prison camp in the south |
| Andrew Johnson | becomes the 17th president |
| April | month in which the war both started and ended |
| Richmond | capital of the Confederacy |
| siege | surrounding an army until they surrender |
| Massachusetts | state from which the first all African-American regiment was formed |
| total war | strategy that involved destroying all resources that would help the south |
| Sharpsburg | town in Maryland where the south attempts to invade the north the first time |
| Anaconda Plan | name of union strategy to win the war |
| Antietam | bloodiest one day battle |
| Ulysses S. Grant | placed in charge of the Union forces after the turning point |
| West Virginia | new state formed because of the war |
| Manassas | town in Virginia where first official battle takes place |
| Stonewall Jackson | Confederate general who was accidentally shot by his own men |
| Pennsylvania | state in which the turning point of the war is located |
| Robert E. Lee | chosen to lead the confederate army |
