| A | B |
|---|
| Border States | the states along the line that divides the Union and Confederacy |
| Martial Law | form of military rule that suspends Bill of Rights guarantees |
| strategy | a plan |
| Rebels | members of the Confederate army |
| Yankees | members of the Union army |
| commandeer | to take over or seize |
| blockade-runner | a fast ship that broke through a blocked port |
| ironclad | iron plated ship |
| Emancipation Proclamatioon | Pres. Lincoln's act that declard slavery illegal in the Confederacy |
| siege | the act of surrounding and attacking a fortified area over a period of time |
| Copperheads | also known as Peace Democrats, believed the Civil War should end at any cost |
| habeas corpus | legal principal that guarantees persons arrested the right to know charges brough against them and to appear before a judge in a court of law |
| conscription | the drafting of men for military service |
| quota | a fixed number limit |
| bounty | payment to soldiers for entering the armed services |
| greenbacks | paper money issued by the United States government that was not backed by gold or silver |
| total war | the destruction of armies as well as resources |
