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Unit 6: Conflict
8th Grade SC History
Term | Definition |
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Fort Sumter | an island fort located in Charleston Harbor, SC most famous for being the site of the first battle of the American Civil War |
Anaconda Plan | strategy the Union would use to blockade the Southern coast including the Mississippi River, named for a large snake that coils around to suffocate its prey |
Blockade Runners | private Southern ships that attempted to "break" the Union blockade and trade cotton with European countries for manufactured goods |
H.L. Hunley | first submarine (owned by Confederates) to sink an enemy ship during wartime. It sank afterwards in Charleston harbor. |
Emancipation Proclamation | made by President Abraham Lincoln in 1863 that all slaves under the Confederacy were from then on “forever free.” |
Gettysburg | Major turning point battle of the Civil War, fought in south-central Pennsylvania in 1863. It ended in a major victory for the North |
13th Amendment | abolished slavery as an institution in all U.S. states and territories. Also outlawed involuntary servitude, where a person is coerced to work in order to pay off debts. |
14th Amendment | granted citizenship to all people born or naturalized in the United States—including formerly enslaved people—and guaranteed all citizens “equal protection of the laws.” |
15th Amendment | prohibits the federal and state governments from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. |
Robert Smalls | Former slave who stole a Confederate ship and brought 16 black men, women and children passengers from slavery to freedom. From slave to sailor to Congressman. |
Abraham Lincoln | 16th President of the US during the Civil War. His goal was to preserve the Union. |
General Robert E. Lee | Commanding General of the Confederate Armies. Didn't believe in slavery. Forced to surrender to the Union at Appomattox. |
General George McClellan | general for the Union; nicknamed "Tardy George" because of his failure to move troops to Richmond, VA and take the capital from the Confederates. |
General William Tecumseh Sherman | Union General who used total war. Marched from ATL-SAV in famous “March to the Sea.” |
General Ambrose Burnside | Union general who replaced McClellan . He led troops to Richmond into waiting confederates and lost 12,000 men at Fredericksburg. |
General Stonewall Jackson | one of the south's (confederacy) most successful general's during the Civil War |