A war between citizens of the same country

tax on imports

to quit; to end membership in an organization

Another name for the Confederate States of America

The Confederacy was located in the _________________

Another name for the USA during the Civil War

Another word for the Union during the Civil War...

States on the edge of the Confederacy - they were slave states but stayed loyal to the Union.

"hit and run" tactics in a war

A wooden ship covered with iron plating to protect it from cannonballs

A device for transmitting messages in Morse Code; invented 1844

a rapid fire, multiple barrel firearm.

issued by President Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863, declared that all enslaved people in Confederate-held territory were "forever free,"

This proclamation changed the focus of the Civil War to a battle to end slavery

A famous speech by A. Lincoln which reaffirmed the values of democracy, equality, and freedom.

A military operation, where an army surrounds a town, cutting off food and supplies, forcing the town to surrender. 

To block; to cut off a place and prevent people andgoods from entering or exiting

a blockade is a synonym for a ...

Union army, under General Sherman, marched through Georgia all the way to the Atlantic Ocean, destroying everything in its path.

A military strategy that involves destroyingeverything, even burning fields of corn or cotton, in order to deprive theenemy of resources.

The President of the Confederacy

President of the USA during the Civil War

Confederate General

Union General

The first shots of the Civil War were fired at this fort off the coast of South Carolina

to destroy; knock down; tackle

The first battle of the Civil War; it was won by the Confederacy.

A three-day battle fought in Pennsylvania; Union won; turning point of the war.

Winning this gave the Union control of the Mississippi River

This ended the Civil War on April 9, 1865

This side won the war