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the first major battle of the Civil War; fought in Virginia in 1861; also called the Battle of Manassas
Battle of Bull Run
an 1863 Civil War battle in Virginia; important victory for the Confederacy
Battle of Chancellorsville
an African American unit in the Union army
54th Massachusetts Regiment
a rise in prices and a decrease in the value of money
inflation
an 1863 Civil War battle in Pennsylvania that ended in a Union victory and stopped the Confederate invasion of the North
Battle of Gettysburg
an ironclad warship used by the Confederates in an attempt to break the Union blockade
Virginia
an 1862 Civil War battle in Tennessee that ended in a Union victory
Battle of Shiloh
a fort in South Carolina that was the site of an attack by the African American 54th Massachusetts Regiment in 1863
Fort Wagner
a tax on people's earnings
income tax
the failed Confederate charge during the third day of the Battle of Gettysburg
Pickett's Charge
an ironclad Union warship
Monitor
not eager to do something
reluctant
a northerner who opposed using force to keep the southern states in the Union
Copperhead
something that comes before or is introductory to something
preliminary
the speech made by President Lincoln in 1863 after the Battle of Gettysburg
Gettysburg Address
an 1862 Civil War battle in Maryland; also called the Battle of Sharpsburg
Battle of Antietam
to prove something by being an example of it
demonstrate
a law that requires people of a certain age to enlist in the military
draft
having to do with the most important part of an idea or of something
essentially
a Virginia town that was the site of the Confederate surrender in 1865
Appomattox Court House
an 1862 Civil War battle in Virginia; one of the Union's worst defeats
an 1863 declaration by President Lincoln freeing enslaved African Americans in Confederate territory
Emancipation Proclamation
the right not to be held in prison without first being charged with a specific crime
Habeas Corpus
to surround and blockade an enemy town or position with troops in order to force it to surrender
siege
1. very important
2. to suggest something without saying it directly or plainly
1. significant
2. imply