Civil War Vocabulary
Union v. Confederacy
Civil War Battles
Civil War Era Documents
Reconstruction
100
to withdraw
What is secede?
100
this region had more factories, manufacturing, and industry
What is the North?
100
This Civil War battle took place in Maryland in 1862. Afterward this battle was recognized as the "bloodiest day in all of American history". About 25,000 men were dead or wounded at the end of one day of battle.
What is the Battle of Antietam?
100
all slaves living in areas that were rebelling against the North were freed by the _______
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
100
These limited the freedom of former slaves...for example: African Americans were forbidden to meet in unsupervised groups or carry guns.
What are Black Codes?
200
an executive order, issued by Abraham Lincoln, freeing slaves in all places that were rebelling against the Union
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
200
the northerners were more concerned with "this" than they were with ending slavery
What is keeping the Union together?
200
this was federal property in the harbor of Charleston, South Carolina, the North was holed up here, the South attacked, this attack is considered the beginning of the Civil War
What is Fort Sumter?
200
in this document Lincoln stated that the country might be all slave or the country might be all free but either way the United States was going to be UNITED
What is Lincoln's "House Divided" speech?
200
the government established this group to assist former slaves with things such as: schools, hospitals, clothing, and food.
What is the Freedmen's Bureau?
300
Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky, and Missouri
What are border states?
300
This region had about 9 million people, of that number, about 3.5 million were slaves. Also, this region had the advantage of fighting a defensive war. The economy of this region was based on agriculture.
What is the South?
300
This campaign took place in the South, beginning in Atlanta, Georgia and continuing to the Atlantic Ocean. The path of destruction was roughly 60 miles wide and 300 miles long. TOTAL WAR was this general's strategy to completely paralyze the enemy.
What is Sherman's March to the Sea?
300
the men who have lost their lives on this battlefield have not sacrificed their lives for nothing
What is the Gettysburg Address?
300
this group, created in 1866, often uses violent tactics, the main goal of this group was to keep former slaves powerless, they also attacked whites who were sympathetic to the plight of former slaves
What is the Ku Klux Klan (KKK)?
400
the act of repairing the damage caused by the Civil War (such as repairing: buildings, railroads, the economy, and the government)
What is Reconstruction?
400
With Lincoln's victory, in the Election of 1860, the southern states feared that their _______ _______ would be taken away.
What are state's rights?
400
In 1863 General Robert E. Lee moved into Pennsylvania. There his troops encountered Union troops. The battle continued for three days. The Confederates retreated and the Union was given credit for winning this battle. The Confederates would never move further north than this location. This was considered to be the TURNING POINT of the Civil War.
What is the Battle of Gettysburg?
400
these made slavery illegal, made former slaves citizens, and gave former slaves the right to vote
What are the Reconstruction Amendments? (13th,14th, and 15th Constitutional Amendments)
400
the PROCESS of being treated fairly under the law
What is due process?
500
individuals who dedicated themselves to ending slavery
Who are abolitionists?
500
it appeared that this side would easily win the war with about 13 million more people than the opposing side, more resources, 85% of the nation's factories, double the railroad mileage, and almost all of the naval power.
What is the North?
500
With the victory at the Battle of Vicksburg the Union controlled the mighty Mississippi River. The Union already controlled New Orleans. This is crucial because _______.
What is the Union now controls a major southern "life line", the Union can now control what enters and exits the Port of New Orleans and the Mississippi River (trade and travel)?
500
this was more brief than the first, stated the direction that the United States was going to be moving, said that it would not be possible to answer the "prayers" of both sides, acknowledged that the war was longer and more horrible than anyone could have imagined,.......
What is Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address?
500
wounds, infection, lack of medical care, disease
What was the #1 killer of soldiers during the Civil War?
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