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| 5547506927 | Fort Sumter | This federal fort near Charleston, South Carolina hosted the beginning of the Civil War. When the North was "provisioning" the fort, the Southern troops shot at and captured it in April of 1861. This aroused the North, who then drafted fresh troops. The South responded to the draft with more secession - 11 states in total. | 0 | |
| 5547506928 | Border States | These states include Missouri, Kentucky, Maryland, and Delaware, who all remained part of the Union throughout the Civil War, despite them being slave states. | 1 | |
| 5547506929 | West Virginia | This state of "mountain whites" split from Virginia in 1863 to become their own free state and join the Union. | 2 | |
| 5547506934 | New York draft riots | These riots arose after official Federal conscription in 1863. Mainly poor antiblack Irish Americans were involved; they lynched and killed many people in New York. | 3 | |
| 5547506935 | writ of habeas corpus | This legality demands that a court will see the arrested person and determine whether they will remain in custody or be released. It was suspended by Abraham Lincoln at the beginning of the Civil War in order to quickly suppress Anti-Unionists. | 4 | |
| 5547506937 | greenbacks | The Washington Treasury first issued this green-backed paper money during the Civil War. This currency was victim to inflation, and decreased in value as the war wore on. | 5 | |
| 5547506938 | National Banking System | Established in 1863, this federal bank system allowed for a standard currency and further distribution of government bonds. | 6 | |
| 5547506939 | Homestead Act | This legislation created in 1862 brought over 300,000 to the West during the Civil War. It provided free land to citizens who had never militarily acted against the government. | 7 | |
| 5547506944 | Jefferson Davis | Declared President of the Confederacy, this experienced politician could not lead his states' righters with the same popularity and acute judgement as his counterpart, Abraham Lincoln. | 8 | |
| 5547506945 | Elizabeth Blackwell | The first American female physician, she helped to organize the U.S. Sanitary Commission during the Civil War. | 9 | |
| 5547506946 | Clara Barton | This woman, a passionate supervisor of nurses for the Union army, helped to create a respected profession out of nursing, along with Dorothea Dix. This opened up another career for women postwar. | 10 | |
| 5547506947 | Sally Tompkins | The Confederate counterpart of Clara Barton, she ran a hospital in Richmond during the Civil War, and was even given the title of Captain by Jefferson Davis for her work. | 11 |
