Key Terms
Conflict in which one side inflicts continuous losses on its enemy to wear down enemy strength
What is War of Attrition?
Bands of soldiers who use hit-and-run tactics
What are guerrillas?
The first battle of the Civil War
What is the Battle of Bull Run (Manassas)?
President of the Confederacy
Who is Jefferson Davis?
Speech given at the dedication of Gettysburg National Cemetery
What was the Gettysburg Address?
Addition to the Constitution that ended slavery
What is the Thirteenth Amendment?
Antiwar Northern Democrats
What are Copperheads?
The turning point of the Civil War
What is the battle of Gettysburg?
Union General fired twice by President Lincoln
Who was General George McClellan?
Name an Ironclad
What was the Merrimack/Monitor/CSS Virginia?
Emergency rule by military authority
What is martial law?
Property seized from one side in a war that becomes the property of the other side
What is contraband?
The bloodiest day in American history
What is the Battle of Antietam (Sharpsburg)?
Conducted the "March to the Sea"
Who was General William T Sherman?
Act passed by Republican-controlled Congress to create the first Transcontinental Railroad
What was the Pacific Railroad Act?
Legal means of forcing people to serve in the armed forces
What is a draft?
The procedure by which a new state is formally accepted by other states as a member of the international community
What is recognition?
Battle in which Stonewall Jackson was shot and killed by his own men
What is the Battle of Chancellorsville?
Creator of the Anaconda Plan
Who was General Winfield Scott?
Capital of the Confederacy
What is Richmond, VA?
Paper money not backed by gold
What are greenbacks?
A type of anti-personnel ammunition that consists of a metal can filled with iron or lead balls
What is canister?
Battle in which Confederate General Joseph Johnston was wounded and replaced by Robert E Lee
What is the Battle of Seven Pines?
President Lincoln's VP candidate during the 1864 election
Who was Andrew Johnson?
Act pass by Republican-controlled Congress to help spread the population from the East coast by making land extremely affordable
What was the Homestead Act?