| Term | Definition |
| Fasle | The Emancipation Proclamation called for all slaves in the United States to be freed. |
| True | The Emancipation Proclamation received popular support overseas, particularly in Britain and France. |
| False | From the start of the war, the Union army and navy welcomed African Americans. |
| True | Northern Democrats who opposed the war called themselves Peace Democrats. |
| True | Because Lincoln suspended habeas corpus, Union authorities could imprison antiwar critics without evidence of a crime and without a trial. |
| False | In 1863 Congress suspended a law allowing the forcible draft of men into the army. |
| True | The value of Confederate money dropped at the same time prices for basic necessities rose. |
| True | About twice as many Civil War soldiers died of disease as died in combat. |
| Contrabands | Escaped slaves (They had the right to fight in the army) |
| 54th Massachussetts | A group of soldiers, made mostly up of African Americans, they also played a key part in the attack of Fort Wagner, in SC |
| Copperheads | War supporters compared Northern Democrats to a poisonous type of snake. |
| habea corpus | the consitutional protection agianst unlawful inprisonment |
| Clara Barton | Civil war nurse (UNION) who later founded american red cross. |