Civil War

3. Address – A famous speech by President Lincoln in 1863, emphasizing unity and the principles of equality.
4. Rights – The idea that states have certain rights and political powers independent of the federal government; used to justify secession.
6. – A person who wanted to end slavery in the United States.
8. – The act of formally withdrawing from an organization or union; Southern states seceded from the United States to form the Confederacy.
9. War – A military strategy that involves targeting both the enemy’s military and civilian resources (e.g., Sherman’s March to the Sea).
11. – The Confederate States of America, formed in 1861 by 11 Southern states that seceded from the Union.
12. S. Grant – The leading general of the Union Army who later became President of the United States.
14. – The period after the Civil War focused on rebuilding the South and integrating formerly enslaved people into society.

1. E. Lee – The leading general of the Confederate Army.
2. – A system for requiring citizens to serve in the military, used by both the Union and Confederacy.
5. Proclamation – An executive order issued by President Lincoln in 1863 that freed slaves in Confederate states.
7. – The use of naval forces to isolate a place, especially to cut off supplies, such as the Union blockade of Southern ports.
10. States – Slave states that remained in the Union (e.g., Kentucky, Missouri, Maryland, Delaware).
13. Sumter – A federal fort in South Carolina where the first shots of the Civil War were fired in April 1861.
15. – The Northern states during the Civil War that remained loyal to the U.S. federal government.