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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Secession | The act of formally withdrawing from a political body or union 1860-1861 |
| How many southern states seceded from the union in 1860-1861 | 11 |
| These states formed what after seceding? Who was the president? | The Confederate States of America. Jefferson Davis |
| What were two previous secession movements? | 1815 Hartford Convention; 1832-33 Nullification crisis |
| Fort Sumner | April 12 1861- confederates fire on Fort Sumner. |
| What happened at Fort Sumner? | Confederates demand surrender of the Fort. Lincoln attempts to send supplies to union troops stationed there. Confederates fire and that starts the Civil War |
| Northern army wants to … | Preserve the union and bring southern states back into the country. In 1861 there is no plans to free the enslaved in “border states” |
| What is the Anaconda Plan? | Devised by Winfield Scott. Goal was to destroy Souths will to fight |
| The steps of the anaconda plan | 1. naval blockage 2. Divide the south along t he Mississippi. 3. Apply constant pressure against the southern army |
| Southern war aims to….. | Establish independence and form a nation with slavery as it’s cornerstone |
| How the south tried to achieve independence | Get European recognition by using them for the cotton embargo. (It did not work). Defeat enemy invasions. Make the north tired of war |
| Start of the war | Assumed it would only last 90 days. Lincoln demands a quick victory and Sends his army to take Richmond, the confederate capitol. |
| First battle of bull run (South) or First Manassas (north) | Rebel and Union armies meet near Manassas junction in Northern Virginia. North tries to “flank” the southerners. Northern army is stopped by Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson’s Virginia brigade. |
| Bull Run | South counterattacks and sweeps the north from the field. Northern soldiers, panic and run back to Washington DC. The rebels are then too tired to finish their attack union gets away. |
| Psychological impact | South thought they could beat the north north angry at their generals for in confidence |
| Hard times for the south | After initial success, the south starts to lose ground in the east stalemate in the west defeat. Ulysses S grant achieves two victories at Fort Henry and Donnelson. February 1962. Confederates in the west retreat into Alabama and Mississippi. |
| Grant and Shiloh | April 6, 1862 grant and the union Army surprised by Confederate attack April 7, 1862 Grant recovers and pushes the rebels back. It is the bloodiest battle in western hemisphere. South loses Tennessee. |
| Bounty | Money to sign up for the army as incentive. Both sides implement a draft to fill the ranks of the military. |
| Draft | April 1862 Confederates extend one year enlistments to three years exempt professions civil servants. Teachers were production manufacturers. A white man could be exempt if he owned 20 slaves men on both sides could hire a sub. |
| The confederate draft | April 1862 the drift age extended to 45 minimum age December 1863 substitute clause abolished age lowered to 17 and extended to 50 all enlistments extend to the wars end |
| The north draft | Enrollment act all able body, northern men and immigrants 20 to 45 eligible for three years of service if manpower quote a met no draft needed some people could make four years wages just from the bounty |
| Billy Yanks 1862 blues | Confederate wins a string of battles at seven Pines seven days battle second Manassas. Lee hopes to win victory on North soil to get support of Britain and France. He invades Maryland in September 1862. |
| Battle of Antietam | September 17, 1862 in Maryland the union Army launches three heart attacks along the Confederate line. Each attack is repulsed 22,720 casualties Confederate retreat back into Virginia Lincoln issues emancipation proclamation. |
| Battle of Fredericksburg, Virginia | December 1862 Lee versus Burnside the rebels are dug in on a hill behind a stone wall loose 5000 men union troops charge head on lose 12,600 men. The significance was attacking an army behind breastworks or in entrenchment’s head on is suicide. |
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