| A | B |
| Napoleon III | Provided support for the South; Emperor of France; Was gambling for the South. |
| Maximilian | Emperor of Mexico |
| Charles Francis Adams | American minister in England, which warned British about its mistake with the Alabama. |
| Clara Barton | Transformed nursing from a lowly service to a profession by using her skills in the war. |
| William H. Seward | Secretary of State; with a thousand men marched South. |
| Edwin M. Stanton | Secretary of War under Abraham Lincoln, then one of the most prominent opponents to Andrew Johnson's lenient Reconstruction Plans. |
| Morill Tariff Act | Cancelled out the Tariff of 1857 adding 5 to 10 percent; helped the North by setting up protections for it and allowing it to milk of the South. |
| National Banking Act | Helped establish a standard bank note currency; set up a Bank which would function for fity years. |
| Trent Affair | Union ship stops British ship, Trent, and takes off two confederate diplomats; Outraged British but they calmed down and the captives were released. |
| Alabama | Was a ship that ws operated and flew the Confederate colors; Was manufactured and stocked by the British; Also landed in British ports; Was a big pain for the Northerners, sunk and captured many Northern ships; was one of many British produced raider ships. |
| Laider rams | Two warships being constructed by British; incredibly dangerous; if the South would have recieved them they would have gotten a great advantage. |
| King Cotton | Term given to South by their staple crop. |
| Draft riots | Caused by many poor Irish immigrants which protested the draft and Lincoln; broke out in New York. |