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Unit Five AP
Mrs. Grieve's Unit Five (Civil War) APUSH
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| First State to Secede from Union | South Carolina |
| The Event that Started the Civil War | Confederate attack on Fort Sumter |
| Confederacy | the South in the Civil War |
| confederation | a loose association of states who share a weak central government |
| Union | the North in the Civil War |
| Years of the Civil War | 1861-1865 |
| West Virginia | became a state in 1863 because it consisted of counties in a southern state that were opposed to slavery |
| border states | slave states – Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky, Missouri – that remained loyal to the Union; the secession of these states would have considerably strengthened the South |
| Ironclads | wooden ships with metal armor that were employed by both sides during the Civil War |
| King Cotton Diplomacy | southern war strategy that said Great Britain’s dependence on southern cotton would force Great Britain to recognize the Confederacy and help it fight the North |
| Anaconda Plan | Union strategy of blockading southern ports to prevent supplies from reaching the South |
| attrition | Union strategy of using its superior numbers to wear the South down over time |
| Vicksburg | Union victory that gave it control of the Mississippi River and thus divided the Confederacy in half |
| Gettysburg | Union victory in Pennsylvania that crippled the South’s offensive capabilities |
| “March to the Sea” | Union General William Sherman’s campaign that sought to break southern morale; destroyed everything in its path from Chattanooga to Savannah (including Atlanta) |
| Antietam | Union victory which resulted in British decision NOT to side with South; deadliest day in American history (22,000 killed) |
| contraband | property seized from the enemy; slaves were considered this |
| Confiscation Act 1861 | allowed slaves to be seized by Northern army as contraband |
| Confiscation Act 1862 | freed slaves of anyone engaged in rebellion against US and allowed president to use freed slaves in Union army |
| Emancipation Proclamation | Lincoln’s declaration of 1862 that freed all slaves in those states that were in rebellion (but not those in the border states) |
| Massachusetts 54th Regiment | most famous black regiment of the Civil War |
| Thirteenth Amendment | emancipated every slave in the United States |
| writ of habeas corpus | literally means “you shave have the body”; a judicial principle that states an accused person should be brought before a judge and informed of the charges against him or her |
| Conscription Act of 1863 (North) | declared all men 20-45 eligible for draft; could avoid if you found a substitute or you paid $300 fee |
| New York City Draft Riot | carried out by poor, mostly Irish-Americans; attacked blacks and rich whites in response to Conscription Act of 1863; 117 killed |
| Appomattox | place in Virginia where Robert E. Lee (South) officially surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant (North) |
| Ulysses S. Grant | Union general whose strategy of attrition won the war |
| Robert E. Lee | Confederate general whose tactical abilities won numerous battles for South early in the war |
| John Wilkes Booth | assassin of Abraham Lincoln |
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