Beginning
Why did South Carolina declare cecession
The election of Abraham Lincoln in 1860
First Battle after Sumter
Battle of Bull Run or Manassas
Democrats who opposed Lincoln's war strategy
Copperheads
Both sides filled their military ranks using __________
conscription or draft
What allowed black troops to enlist
Emancipation Proclamation
Name of the North's plan to constrict the South.
Anaconda Plan
Where was the first capitol of the Confederacy?
Montgomery, AL
General who refused Lincoln to command the GAR and accepted Jefferson Davis. leading Confederate troops through the conflict and ensuring the war would be a long one
Robert E Lee
The constitutional protection suspended by Lincoln as a war measure
writ of habeus corpus
Identify 2 major weaknesses of the South
population
transportation
dependence on agriculture
lack of a diversified economy
no navy
Which political party controlled Congress throughout the war and after
Republican
Who was the assassin that killed Lincoln
John Wilkes Booth
Who was elected President of the Confederacy?
Jefferson Davis
Single bloodiest 1 day battle
Antietam
kind of government the southern states were joined into and caused a strategic weakness in Jefferson Davis' ability to gain resources
Confederation
Identify 2 major strengths of the south
generals and defensive war
Identify 2 strengths of the Union
population, communication, transportation, Lincoln
Where was the final surrender agreement signed
Appomattox Courthouse
When did Lincoln call for states to supply troops to suppress the rebellion?
After the attack on Fort Sumter
Nicknamed 'creeper" for his slow cautious strategy, believed in the right of Southern states to secede and ran against Lincoln in 1864
George McClellan
Southern states hoped to gain an alliance using __________ ____________.
Cotton diplomacy
Which southern city was the final one to fall along the Mississippi in 1863?
Vicksburg
Why did the New York City Riots occur
draft and emancipation proclamation
At what location did a massacre of African American troops take place
Fort Wagner
How many states made of the total of seceded states
11
Union's greatest general who was given command of the GAR after his Vicksburg victory
Ulysses S Grant
These states presented a special issue for the union. They had to be satisfied so that the Southern states were not handed an advantage.
Boarder States
What locations were the starting and ending point of Sherman's march? (hint: one city fell before the election of 1864 and the other fell right before Christmas)
Atlanta to Savannah
How was Britain kept out of the war?
The emancipation proclamation made the war about slavery and the British needed Northern grain
Which battle was the largest of the war and considered a turning point
Gettysburg