| A | B |
|---|
| Emancipation Proclamation | Ended slavery in Confederate states only |
| Copperheads | Northern democrats opposed to the Emancipation Proclamation |
| Abolitionists | Group opposed to Lincoln because they felt the Emancipation Proclamation didn't go far enough |
| 13th Amendment | Addition to the Constitution that officially ended slavery |
| Cotton Diplomacy | Southern war strategy that relied heavily on the belief that cotton would win the war |
| War of Attrition | Southern strategy that focused on the enemy's strength |
| Anaconda Plan | Northern strategy that called for the North to surround the South and force its surrender |
| Martial Law | military rule in Border states |
| Greenbacks | paper money created by federal government during the Civil War |
| Draft | Manditory military service |
| Total War | Sherman's strategy to end the war |
| Appomattox Courthouse | location of Lee's surrender to Grant |
| Robert E. Lee | He led the Confederate troops for most of the war |
| Stonewall Jackson | This second in command to Lee was killed by his own men at Chancellorsville |
| Irwin McDowell | Union general relieved of his command at Bull Run |
| George McClellan | Democratic opponent of Lincoln in the 1864 election |
| Ambrose Burnside | This Union general was asked to be relieved of his command after he was badly beaten by Lee at Fredericksburg |
| Pete Longstreet | This 2nd in command to Lee at Gettysburg was too cautious in his attack of the Union front |
| Joe Hooker | This Union general replaced Burnside after Fredericksburg |
| JEB Stuart | Head of the Confederate cavalry |
| John Wilkes Booth | This Confederate sympathizer who assassinated Lincoln |
| Andrew Johnson | He was Lincoln's running mate in the election of 1864 |
| Ulysses S. Grant | After great victories at Vicksburg, he was put in charge of the Union military |
| Bull Run / Manassas | First face to face battle between the Union and Confederacy |
| Fort Henry and Donelson | After this battle, the state of Tennessee fell to the Union |
| Antietam / Sharpsburg | Lee's first invasion of the North |
| Fredericksburg | At this battle, Burnside attacked the Confederate center and there were heavy casualties on the Union side |
| Chancellorsville | At this battle, Lee lost his "right arm" |
| Gettysburg | Lee's 2nd and last invasion of the North |
| Vicksburg | The Union gained contro of the Mississippi River at this battle |
