Vocabulary
Union strategy to squeeze the South by sea and river control
What is the Anaconda Plan?
This attack forced Lincoln to call for troops and begin the war
What was Fort Sumter?
President who prioritized preserving the Union before ending slavery
Who was Abraham Lincoln?
The North’s advantage in this helped supply its armies
What is industry (factories/manufacturing)?
Speech that reframed the war as a fight for equality
What was the Gettysburg Address?
Soldiers who fought on horseback and were used for scouting and raids
What is cavalry?
This early battle proved the war would be long and difficult
What was the First Battle of Bull Run?
Confederate president who struggled to unify the South
Who was Jefferson Davis?
The South relied on this crop to gain foreign support
What is cotton?
Order that freed enslaved people in Confederate territories
What was the Emancipation Proclamation?
Warships covered in iron that made wooden ships obsolete
What are ironclads?
This battle led Lincoln to issue the Emancipation Proclamation
What was the Battle of Antietam?
General who led the union at Vicksburg
Who was Ulysses S. Grant?
Both sides used this system to draft soldiers into the army
What is conscription?
This amendment officially ended slavery in the U.S.
What is the 13th Amendment?
Lincoln suspended this right, allowing arrests without trial
What is habeas corpus?
Three-day battle that marked the Confederacy’s last major invasion of the North
What was the Battle of Gettysburg?
General who marched through Georgia using total war tactics
Who was William Tecumseh Sherman?
This Southern belief emphasized this principle to justify succession
What is states’ rights?
This battle is often considered Lee’s greatest victory
What was the Battle of Chancellorsville?
What is War of Attrition and how does it differ from Total Warfare?
Total vows to destroy everything.
This siege split the Confederacy in two by giving the Union the Mississippi River
What was the Siege of Vicksburg?
He led Confederate forces and surrendered at Appomattox
Who was Robert E. Lee?
The North’s larger supply of this system helped move troops and supplies faster
What are railroads?
Name one advantage the South had early in the war
What is strong military leadership / fighting on home ground?
Union General Succession
Irvin McDowell → (First Bull Run, July 1861)
George B. McClellan → (1861–Nov 1862)
Ambrose Burnside → (Nov 1862–Jan 1863)
Joseph Hooker → (Jan–June 1863)
George G. Meade → (June 1863–1865)
Ulysses S. Grant → (Overall Union commander, 1864–1865)
McDowell → McClellan → Burnside → Hooker → Meade → Grant
Confederate General sucession
P.G.T. Beauregard → (early war, Fort Sumter/Bull Run)
Joseph E. Johnston → (1861–1862)
Robert E. Lee → (June 1862–April 1865)
Beauregard → Johnston → Lee
Battles
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