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| 8466431859 | Crittenden Compromise | A plan proposed by Senator John J. Crittenden for a constitutional amendment to protect slavery from federal interference in any state where it already existed and for the westward extension of the Missouri Compromise line to the California border. |  | 0 |
| 8466431860 | total war | A form of warfare that mobilizes all of a societies resources-economic, political and cultural-in support of the military effort. | 1 | |
| 8466431861 | Draft (conscription) | The system for selecting individuals for compulsory military service, first implemented in the Civil War |  | 2 |
| 8466431862 | habeas corpus | A legal writ forcing government authorities to justify their arrest and detention of an individual. | 3 | |
| 8466431863 | King Cotton | The Confederate belief during the Civil War that their cotton was so important to the British and French economies that those governments would recognize the South as an independent nation and supply it with loans and arms. |  | 4 |
| 8466431864 | greenbacks | Paper money issued by the U. S. Treasury during Civil War to finance the war effort. | 5 | |
| 8466431865 | "contrabands" | Slaves who fled the plantations and sought protection behind Union lines during the Civil War. |  | 6 |
| 8466431866 | Radical Republicans | The members of the Republican Party who were bitterly opposed to slavery and to southern slaveholders since the mid-1850s. | 7 | |
| 8466431867 | Emancipation Proclamation | Issued by President Lincoln, legally abolished slavery that remained outside of the union. |  | 8 |
| 8466431868 | scorched-earth campaign | A campaign in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia by Union general Philip H. Sheridan's troops. The troops destroyed grain, barns, and other useful resources to punish farmers who had aided Confederate raiders. |  | 9 |
| 8466431869 | "War" and "Peace" Democrats | Members of the Democratic Party that split into two camps over war policy during the Civil War. War Democrats vowed to continue fighting until the rebellion ended, while Peace Democrats called for a constitutional convention to negotiate a peace settlement. | 10 | |
| 8466431870 | "hard war" | The philosophy and tactics used by General Sherman which treated civilians as combatants. |  | 11 |
| 8466431871 | March to the Sea | Military campaign from September to December 1864 in which Union forces under General Sherman marched from Atlanta, Georgia to Savannah, Georgia. Carved a path of destruction. | 12 | |
| 8466431872 | Abraham Lincoln | 16th president Lincoln led the United States through its Civil War—its bloodiest war and its greatest moral, constitutional and political crisis.[1][2] In doing so, he preserved the Union, abolished slavery, strengthened the federal government, and modernized the economy. |  | 13 |
| 8466431873 | Jefferson Davis | President of the Confederacy during the Civil War |  | 14 |
| 8466431874 | Robert E. Lee | He was offered the command of the U.S. Army, but resigned to defend his home state of Virginia. |  | 15 |
| 8466431875 | General George McClellan | Union general who replaced McDowell after he lost at Bull Run. Overly cautious, had to retreat after losing 7 Days Battle and thrown out of command. Reinstated after John Pope lost the Second Battle of Bull Run, but removed after not pursuing Lee after winning at Antietam. Ran as Democratic candidate in 1864, but lost to Lincoln. |  | 16 |
| 8466431876 | Ulysses S. Grant | Ulysses S. Grant was the 18th President of the United States. As Commanding General, Grant worked closely with President Abraham Lincoln to lead the Union Army to victory over the Confederacy in the American Civil War. |  | 17 |
| 8466431877 | William T. Sherman | -He commanded the Union army in Tennessee. In September of 1864 his troops captured Atlanta, Georgia. He then headed to take Savannah. This was his famous "march to the sea.". His troops burned barns and houses, and destroyed the countryside. His march showed a shift in the belief that only military targets should be destroyed. Civilian centers could also be targets. |  | 18 |
| 8466431878 | Albert G. Brown | Senator from Mississippi who wanted Cuba and Mexican states for spreading slavery | 19 | |
| 8466431879 | General Irvin McDowell | Union general at the Battle of Bull Run/Manassas |  | 20 |
| 8466431880 | General P. G. T. Beauregard | Confederate general at the Battle of Bull Run/Manassas and Shiloh. | 21 | |
| 8466431881 | General Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson | Confederate General, Second Battle of Bull Run | 22 | |
| 8466431882 | General Ambrose E. Burnside | Union General who replaced McClellan, more aggressive, less competent. |  | 23 |
| 8466431883 | Joseph "Fighting Joe" Hooker | Union General who replaced General Burnside when he resigned. |  | 24 |
| 8466431884 | David G. Farragut | Union naval officer | 25 | |
| 8466431885 | Albert Sydney Johnson | Confederate General who died during the Battle of Shiloh. | 26 | |
| 8466431886 | John B. Hood | Confederate General who abandoned Atlanta | 27 |
