Vocabulary
the act of removing oneself from an organization or alliance
What is secede?
Who is David Farragut?
weapons, ammunition, and equipment used in a war
What is munition?
What is the Battle of Gettysburg?
Who is William T. Sherman?
The Confederacy moved its capital to ________.
What is Richmond, Virginia?
to discuss or bargain between two or more parties in order to reach an agreement
What is negotiate?
Union general who was trusted by Lincoln
Who is Ulysses S. Grant?
Winfield Scott proposed a blockade and an attack on the South called the ______________________.
What is the Anaconda Plan?
The bloodiest single-day battle of the Civil War was fought at __________.
What is the Battle of Antietam?
president of the confederacy
Who is Jefferson Davis?
the first state to pull out of the Union
What is South Carolina?
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
grew up in Charleston, South Caroina; father owned a large estate, became abilitionists
Who are Sarah and Angelina Grimke
the act of spying to gather information about the enemy's positions and weaknesses
What is scouting?
Robert E. Lee surrendered at ____________.
What is Appomattox Courthouse?
Who is Robert E. Lee?
What is the firing at Fort Sumter?
(Know that Lincoln wanted to send supplies to Union troops at Fort Sumter. The South Carolina/Confederate Army fired at Fort Sumter.)
military operation in which a city or fort is completely surrounded, cutting off help and supplies to force a surrender
What is siege?
Confederate general who "stood like a stone wall" during the fighting at Bull Run
Who is Thomas Jackson?
People who opposed slavery are called __________.
What are abolitionists?
The first battle of the Civil War. Neither side was ready for a major battle, but the Union forces led the attack. The Confederates rallied and pushed the Northerners back. The South won its first victory.
What is the Battle of Bull Run?
Northern Democrat who ran for president in 1860 and was for keeping slavery in the states that wanted it
Who is Stephen Douglas?
the name the seceding states called their new union
Confederate States of America
The principle that the federal government has only limited authority over each state is called _________.
What is states' rights?
Who is Dred Scott?
The days, months, and years after the Civil War, all Americans would have to work together to rebuild a united nation. This time period is called _________.
What is Reconstruction?
At the Vicksburg campaign, the Union gained control of the ___________________.
What is the Mississippi River?
Republican president who opposed slavery
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
The Civil War meant for most southerners the _________.
What is the end of their way of life?
a political group that formed in 1854 and whose members opposed slavery
What is the Republican Party?
Abraham Lincoln's three promises.....
What is enforce federal laws, protect federal property, and leave slavery alone in the South?
A follower of a political party created by Andrew Jackson during the election of 1828.
What is a Democrat?
The North paid people to go here to establish this area as "free", and the South sent people here to establish it as "slave". Many battles were fought.
President _________ did not do anything when South Carolina seceded.
Who is President Buchanan?
What is waited to see what the new president (A. Lincoln) would do?