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Just the Civil War

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This word means "freedom"
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States that allowed slavery, had lots of manufacturing plants for war materials but stayed in the Union
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This all African American, known as the 54th Regiment came from this state
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Effort by the North to blockade the Ohio & Mississippi River and the Southeast coast of the Confederate states
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Tax based on what a person makes, used to pay for the Union and Confederate war supplies
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This word means "statement"
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Captured war supplies like weapons, shoes, horses and even slaves
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Made western lands available to settlers out west for usually a very low cost
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City located on the Mississippi River that was bombarded by and laid siege to
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Occurs when prices "rise"
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Northern Democrat who opposed the Civil War
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Nearly 50,000 causalties occurred when the South invaded southern Pennslyvania
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Leader of the Confederate states
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Woman who worked as a nurse in the Civil War and started the RED CROSS
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Drafting men (forcing them under penalty of imprisonment) to serve in the army or navy
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This 1862 law allowed nearly 200,000 African Americans to serve in the Union Army
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Military strategy where the army attacks not only enemy troops but the economic resources and civilians 9churches, schools, railroads, ports, crops growing in the field)
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No one can be held in prison without criminal charges being filed
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Military tactic used to surround and then starve out the enemy