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History 106 Final 2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Fort Sumter | the attack on the Union fort led to a surrender and was followed by a proclamation of war on April 15 1861 |
| George B. McClellan | Union General that formed the state of West Virginia |
| Ulysses S. Grant | Union General, forces Lee’s surrender at Appomattox |
| First Battle of Bull Run | thought to be an easy victory in a one-battle war, became an exhausting fight that resulted in a union lose, a sobering experience |
| Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson | Virginian General, received nickname at 1st Bull Run, brigade looked like a stonewall |
| “anaconda” strategy | 1)defend DC and pressure Richmond 2)Navy blockade of southern coast 3)divide Confederacy with navy gunboats to invade South along waterways |
| Battle of the Merrimack and the Monitor | the Union Ironclad (Merrimack) was taken and renamed the Virginia, wrought havoc in Chesapeake Bay, then battled another Union Ironclad (Monitor) to a draw and returned to port and was destroyed soon after |
| Robert E. Lee | General of Confederate Army, led the Army of Northern Virginia, surrendered to U.S. Grant at Appomattox |
| Antietam | Turning point in the war: revived Union morale, led Lincoln to issue the E.P., dashed Conf. hopes of foreign aid |
| Fredericksburg | Union Gen. Burnside led attack, 12,000 Union soldiers died as Conf. shot down blue ranks as they crossed a mile of open bottomland. Union morale plummeted |
| Radical Republicans | pushed Lincoln to prosecute a more forceful and aggressive war |
| Emancipation Proclamation | issued to restore the Union, and as a statement to keep foreign aid from south |
| 13th Amendment | abolished slavery in every state |
| Salmon P. Chase | U.S. Secretary of Treasury, coined phrase “In God We Trust” |
| Battle of Gettysburg | huge Union victory; known for “Pickett’s Charge” in which 15,000 Conf. attempted to charge the Union soldiers and were slaughtered followed by Lee’s retreat |
| William T. Sherman’s March through Georgia | fought Gen Hood in Atl then led a march through Georgia destroying all in their path, then they wrought destruction on South Carolina |
| Appomattox | April 9 1865, Lee surrenders to Grant |
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