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Unit 11 Civil War
Question | Answer |
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Election of 1860 | the election that led the souther states to leave the union and form the confederacy |
fort sumter | the first shots of the civil war were fired here; confederates fired on union soldiers to begin the fighting |
jefferson davis | president of the CSA |
border states | slave states that remained in the union during the civil war |
border states | kentucky, missouri, maryland, delaware, tennessee, eventually wesst virginia |
john c. breckinridge | southern democratic candidate in the election of 1860 |
stephen douglas | northern democratic candidate in the election of 1860 |
abraham lincoln | republican candidate and winner of the election of 1860 |
abraham lincoln | opposed the spread of slavery into the territories |
john bell | presidential candidate in 1860 for the constitutional union party |
john bell | stood for a peaceful compromise to hold the union together in 1860 |
first bull run | first major battle of the civil war; southern victory; showed that the war would be long and costly for both sides |
anaconda plan | union strategy for winning the war; blockade the south, divide the confederacy, and capture richmond, the CS capital |
winfield scott | union general that was old but he came up with the anaconda plan |
blockade | to prevent a nation from trading or communicating with another nation by sea |
shiloh | battle in southwestern tennessee that shocked the country with its heavy casualties |
antietam | fought in maryland, it is the single bloddiest day in american history |
antietam | battle that stopped the first confederate invasion to the north |
antietam | after this battle, loncoln issued the emancipation proclamation |
gettysburg | turning point of the civil war, stopeed lee's second invasion of the north |
gettysburg | battle that convinced france and england not to ally with the south |
gettysburg | confederate army suffered so many casualties at this battle, they could not invade the north again |
vicksburg | capture of this city led to the union capturing the mississippi river |
vicksburg | battle that officially divided the confederacy in half |
vicksburg | grant won this siege on july 4, thus officially dividing the confederacy in half |
march to the sea | the union army led by william sherman waged total war on the people of georgia to breal their will to support the confederate army |
william tecumseh sherman | union general that used total warfare to destroy property, livestock, and transportation systems to force the southern people to surrender |
appotamoc courthouse | lee and the confederate army officially surrendered to grant and the union army at this place on april 9, 1865 |
david farragut | union admiral from tennessee, responsible for the blockade of the confederacy |
nathan bedford forrest | confederate cavalry commander that used guerilla warfare on the union army in mississippi and tennessee |
ulysses s grant | union commander that finally defeated robert e lee and won the war |
ulysses s grant | won the battles of forts henry and donelson, shiloh, vicksburg, and chattanooga for the union |
robert e lee | confederate general responsible for the forces defending richmond |
robert e lee | won the seven days battles, second bull run, fredericksburg and chancellorsville |
stonewall jackson | confederate general that saved the day at first bull run and earned a famous nickname |
emancipation proclamation | order issued by lincoln that officially freed the slaves in the confederate states but not the border states |
emancipation proclamation | officially allowed african americans to enlist and fight in the US army |
gettysburg adress | brief speech given by abe lincoln that summed up the goals of the war and honored the dead |
54th massachusetts | the first all-black regiment to fight in the union army |
nashville | the 13th colored troops helped to destroy the confederate army in tennessee at this battle |
sam watkins | a soldier from clarksville that kept a journal about his experiences in the confederate army |
elisha hunt rhodes | he kept a diary about life as a soldier in the union army |
fort wagner | the 54th massachusetts showed their bravery and earned the respect of the union army when they charged this fort |
henry and donelson | the capture of these two forts helped the union control the TN river system |