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Cooperationists-	In the late 1860, southern secessionists debated two strategies: unlateral secession by each state or "cooperative" secession by the south as a whole. The Cooperationiats lost the debate.
Crittenden Compromise-	Faced with the specter of secession and war, Congress tried and failed to resolve the sectional crisis in the months between Lincoln's election and inauguration. this would of extended the Missouri Compromise line west to the pacific.
Anaconda Policy-	A key point in the Union's war strategy was encircling thes south as an anaconda squeezes its prey. This Plan entailed navel blockade and the capture of the Mississippi River corridor.
Greenbacks-	Paper currency issued by the Union beginning in 1862.
Emancipation Proclamation-	On January 1,1863, President Lincoln Prolclaimed that the slaves of the Confederacy were free. Since the south had not yet been defeated, the proclamation did not immdiatley free anyone, but it made emancipation an explict war aim of the north.
Sanitary Commission	An association charterd by the Union government during the Civil War to promote health in the northern army's camps though attention to cleanliness, nutrition, and medical care.