Generals/Important People
What Republican president opposed slavery?
Abraham Lincoln
act of removing oneself from an organization or Alliance
secede
temporary fortification where guns are mounted
siegeworks
Explain what the election of 1860 meant for many Southerners.
It meant the end of their way of life. They did not know how to live without slaves.
Confederate general that was the most famous. He became superintendent of West Point.
Robert E.Lee
weapons, ammunitions, and equipment used in war
munition
the act of spying to gather information about the enemy's positions and weakeness
scouting
The notice that promised dthe free all enslaved people was the ______.
Emancipation Proclamation
Union general that the president trusted the most
Ulysses S.Grant
to dicuss a bargain between two or more parties in order to reach an agreement
negotiate
a military operation in which a city or fort is copletely surrounded, cutting off help and supplies in order to force a surrende
siege
Robert E. Lee surrendered at
Appomattox Courthouse
Confederate general that stood "like a stone wall"?
Thomas Jackson
period after the Civil War when America was being rebuilt by reuniting the nation physically, socially and politically
Reconstruction
battle that had profound influence on the Civil War
Gettysburg
Who was the president of the Confederacy?
Jefferson Davis
Which Union general attempted to capture Richmond from the Confederates in the Peninsular Campaign?
George McClellan
the principle that the federal goverment has only limited authority over each state is called____.
state's rights
the bloodiest single-day battle of the Civil War was fought at
Antietam
Who captured and burned Atlanta, an important rail hub for the Confederacy?
William T.Sherman