| A | B |
|---|
| secede | to break away or to withdraw from something; especially from a political orginization or nation |
| tyranny | the unjust or cruel use of power |
| despotism | the taking away of freedom or absolute power over others, such as a dictator or a slave owner |
| Yankee | Someone fighting or rooting for the North in the Civil War |
| Confederate | Someone on the Southern side in the Civil War |
| abolitionist | Someone who's strongly against something and tries to stop it |
| Richmond, Virginia | the Confederate Capital |
| Fort Sumpter | A fort in Charleston Harbor where the first shots of the Civil War were fired |
| Virginia | the first iron-clad ship; made by the South |
| Monitor | The first Union iron-clad ship |
