| A | B |
| Cabinet | people chosen to advise the President |
| impressement | the act of forcing a person into public service, especially into a navy |
| nationalism | Pride in one’s country |
| industry | the making or producing of goods by business and factories |
| textile | Woven cloth |
| cotton gin | A machine that separates cotton from its seeds |
| interchangeable part | A part that can be used in place of another part in manufactured products |
| mass production | a method of making large numbers of goods quickly and cheaply |
| civil war | A war between regions or groups of people in the same country |
| free state | A state in which slavery was not allowed |
| Appomattox Courthouse | The Civil War ended at ____________________________. |
| Anaconda Plan | Blockading southern ports was part of the ______________________. |
| Vicksburg | The victory at _________________________ opened the Mississippi River to Union forces. |
| Virginia | Because of ships like the _______________, wooden ships would no longer be used in war |
| Emancipation Proclamation | President Lincoln issued the __________________________. |
| Bull Run | After the battle of ______________________, the North knew it would be a long war. |
| Gettysburg | The battle of ________________________ lasted for three days and was the bloodiest battle in the war. |
| bonus | money given in addition to what is owed |
| relief | help given to poor people |
| depression | a time when the economy of a nation falls sharply |
| migrant worker | a worker who travels from place to place to harvest crops |
| foreclose | to take the property of someone who has failed to pay back a loan |
| stock market | a place where stocks, or shares in businesses, are bought and sold |
| public works | construction projects paid for by public funds |
| communism | an economic system in which the government owns all property and businesses. |
| arms race | A contest to build weapons and military power |
| terrorist | A person who uses violence for a political cause |
| stalemate | a situation in which neither side wins nor loses |
| armistice | An agreement to stop fighting |
| propaganda | the spreading of ideas, information, and beliefs to help or hurt a cause |
| ambassador | A person sent to another country to speak for the government of his or her own country |
| victory garden | where citizens raised their own food during World War I |
| bond | a paper that shows debt, or money owed |