anaconda plan
comprehensive plan to defeat the confederacy at the start
emancipation proclamtion
declared that all persons held as salves within the rebellious states
scalawages
a whitedraw from or leave
cenorship
control of free expression
habeas corpus
the right of a citizen to ask a court to decide if a prisoner is being lawfully
trench warfare
soildiers fighting from long ditches dug in the ground
amnesty
a goverment pardon for an offense
blockade
a barries of ships or troops that prevent good from entering or leaving an area
conscription
the act of requiring people to serve in the military