| A | B |
|---|
| secede | to break away from |
| border state | state located between the Union and Confederacy |
| Compromise of 1850 | California entered the US as a free state and the Fugitive Slave Law was passed |
| Union | states that remained loyal to the US government |
| free state | state in which slavery was not allowed |
| Fugitive Slave Law | escaped slaves had to be returned to their owners, even in the North |
| Kansas-Nebraska Act | law allowing the people of Kansas and Nebraska to decide whether they would allow slavery in their territory |
| Underground Railroad | helped enslaved people in the South escape |
| sectionalism | loyalty to a section or part of the country |
| slave codes | laws to control the behavior of slaves |
| Confederacy | government formed by the 7 seceding states |
| slave state | state in which slavery was legally allowed |
| Anaconda Plan | 3 part war strategy to crush the South |
| Thirteenth Amendment | slavery was abolished |
| Battle of Gettysburg | one of the most important battles-it lasted 3 days |
| Fourteenth Amendment | African Americans became citizens |
| Battle of Vicksburg | Union forces blockaded the city and bombarded it for 48 days |
| segregation | separation based on skin color |
| draft | institued by the North and South to get men to fight in the war |
| Emancipation Proclamation | granted freedom to slaves in any Confederate state |
| Reconstruction | time after the war when the country was rebuilding |
| blockade | kept supplies from reaching troops |
| First Battle of Bull Run | one of the early battles in the war |
| assassination | What happened to President Lincoln? |
| Freedmens' Bureau | established to help former slaves after the war |
| Fifteenth Amendment | all male citizens could vote |
| Jim Crow Laws | enforced separation of blacks and whites |
| impeachment | Republicans in Congress wished to do this to President Andrew Johnson |
