The Anaconda Plan was the Union strategy to encircle and squeeze the Confederacy.

The Union capital was Washington, D.C.

The Confederate capital was Richmond, Virginia.

The Union blockade of Southern ports was a key strategy in the war.

Women played crucial roles as nurses, spies, and even soldiers in some cases.

The North had a more industrialized economy.

The Southern economy was heavily reliant on slavery and agriculture.

The Civil War had significant economic impacts on both the North and the South.

The Gettysburg Address is one of Abraham Lincoln's most famous speeches.

The Thirteenth Amendment, which abolished slavery, was passed after the Civil War.