 | Term | Definition |
| | Crittenden Plan | proposed making slavery protected under the Constitution |
| | Fort Sumpter | in Charleston, SC; the first Southern attack occurred here |
| | Manassas | first battle of the war; the South pushed the Union Army back to DC |
| | Antietam | bloodiest battle of any US war; 4,800 dead and 18,500 wounded |
| | Enrollment Act | called for the conscription of US citizens |
| | Draft Riots | reaction to the enrollment act; also a racist reaction by some |
| | Vicksburg | Grant captures the Mississippi River for the Union |
| | Gettysburg | the US stops the Confederate's invasion of the North |
| | the Emancipation Proclamation | frees all slaves in the South |
| | habeas corpus | Lincoln suspends this right, jailing all dissenters at the start of the war |
| | US Sanitary Commission | founded to provide adequate health care and stop the spread of disease |
| | legal tender | a piece of paper that has value guaranteed by the government; cash! |
| | 54th Massachusetts Infantry | the first all-black army unit that saw combat during the Civil War |
| | Sherman's March to the Sea | destroyed farms, towns, and crops; the "hard hand of war" was brought to the South |
| | copperheads | Democrats who advocated peace in the election of 1864 |
| | Appomattox Court House | place where Lee surrendered to Grant, ending the war after four years |
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