| A | B |
|---|
| Emanicipation Proclamation | order that called for all slaves in rebelling states to be freed |
| Copperheads | name that Northern Democrats opposed to the war were called by their enemies |
| contrabands | escaped slaves |
| habeas corpus | constitutional protection againts unlawful imprisonment |
| cotton diplomacy | Confederate use of the cotton trade to convince Britain to support them in the war |
| border states | slave states of strategic importance to both the North and the South |
| total war | targeting both military and civilian resources to destroy the South's ability to fight |
| 13th Amendment | made slavery illegal throughout the United States |
| ironclads | ships heavily armored with iron |
| 54th Massachusetts Infantry | a regiment consisting mainly of free African Americans |
| draft | wealthy people could legally by their way out of this |
