History Final; Civil War
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- South
- Strength of______. "King Cotton"
- Gettysburg
- the turning point of the Civil war.
- Fort Sumter
- first battle of the Civil War in South Carolina. North had to surrender. Lincoln was put in a bad position because it was a Union fort in a Confederate state.
- North
- Strength of____. Larger eligibility for Military
- Secession of the South
- when Lincoln became president, Southerners felt their political voice was gone. They were afraid they would be forced into the same government as the North. South Carolina was the first.
- South
- Strength of_______. The soldiers were more devoted because they were fighting in their homeland
- North
- Strength of_____. Extensive railroad system
- Order of Main events of the Civil War
- 1. Fort Sumter 2. Bull Run 3. Emancipation Proclamation 4. Gettysbury 5. Sherman's March to the Sea 6. Surrender at Appomattox Court House 7. Assassination of Lincoln
- Emancipation Proclamation
- executive order issued by Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863 freeing slaves in all regions behind Confederate Lines
- 13th Amendment
- amendment to the Constitution that abolished slavery and involuntary servitude
- Anaconda Plan
- A part of the_____. Step three was the Union armies would capture the Confederate capital (Richmond).
- John Brown
- an abolitionist who believed God called on him to fight slavery. Took part in Harper's Ferry Raid. Was later hanged for treason.
- South
- Strength of_____. Strong military tradition
- Abe Lincoln
- 16th president. Murdered by John Wilkes Booth. Republican who helped with the emancipation proclamation and thirteenth amendment
- North
- Strength of_____. More iron production
- Dred Scot
- a slave who sued court for his freedom but was even allowed to get a court ruling because he was a slave.
- Carpetbagger
- a Northener who moved to the South after the Civil War.
- Mason-Dixon Line
- the boundary between Pennsylvania and Maryland. It was populary considered before the end of slavery was the line of demarcation(seperation) between free and slave states
- Causes of the Civil War
- Slavery, Succession, Abraham Lincoln's election, Uncle Tom's Cabin, Industry and Immigration, Agriculture and Slavery
- Grant
- General for Union army who later became president (18th)from 1869 to 1877. Lincoln said he couldn't be spared when newspaper demanded his removal.
- North
- Strength of____. More naval ship tonnage
- North
- Strength of _____. Larger population
- Jefferson Davis
- the president of the Confederate States of America. Elected in 1861.
- North
- Strenth of____. More industrial workers
- South
- strength of ____. First-rate generals
- Sharecropping
- a system in which land owner's give farm workers land, seed, and tools in return for a part of the crops they raise.
- Harriet Beacher Stowe
- born in 1811. Wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin. "So this is the little lady who made the big war"
- Lee
- believed slavery was evil, however, fought for confederacy. Loyalty to Virginia. General for Confederacy.
- Anaconda Plan
- a three-part strategy by which the Union proposed to defeat the Confederates in the Civil War.
- Anaconda Plan
- A part of the _______. Step one was to blockade Southern ports, so they could no longer import or export goods.
- Reconstruction
- the period of rebuilding that followed the Civil War. The Confederates were readmitted to the Union.
- Abolition
- movement to end slavery; to want slavery to end
- Merrimac and Monitor
- a historic duel. a historic duel- Confederates took a sunken Merrimack Union ship and covered it in iron. When Stephen R. Mallory heard of this he designed the Monitor (resembling a cheesebox). The Merrimack attacked three wooden Union warships. The Monitor engaged the Confederate vessel. The Era of wooden fighting ships was over.
- Anaconda Plan
- A part of the _____. Step two was the Union riverboats and armies would move down the Mississippi River and divide the Confederacy into two.
- North
- Strength of_____. more firearms production
- Bull Run
- also known as Manasses. The first civil war battle where blood was shed. victory for south. "Stonewall" Jackson got his name here. Located in Richmond, Virginia.
- Sherman
- superintendent of the Louisiana State Seminary of Learning and Military Academy. Appointed by Grant to be commander of the military division of Mississippi. Raided Georgia. Abandoned his supply line and marched to the sea, making everyone in the south so sick of war "Sherman's March to the Sea"
- Appomattox Court House
- Appomattox, Virginia where Lee surrendered to Grant on April 9, 1865 which ended the Civil War.
- North
- Strength of____. More food production