| A | B |
|---|
| forage | to take supplies from the countryside wherever soldiers can fi nd them |
| siege | a tactic where armed forces try to capture a fort or fortifi ed town by surrounding it |
| inflation | a condition where prices rise rapidly and money buys less |
| speculation | buying and selling things in hopes of a large profi t but with the risk of a large loss |
| hoarding | collecting and hiding a large amount of something valuable |
| emancipation proclamation | a declaration by Abraham Lincoln that slaves in rebel territory were to be free |
| emancipation | the freeing of the slaves |
| ironclad | an armored ship |
| conscripted | drafted |
| casualties | people killed, wounded, captured, and missing in war |
| freedmen | the name given to former slaves |
| blockade | the use of naval forces to stop shipping |
| total war | r a war that involves all the people and resources of a society |
| Confederate States | the government formed by the seceding states during the Civil War |
| border states | the slave states between the Deep South states and the northern states |
