Terms
The act of removing oneself from an organization or alliance
secede
The battle fought in this place had a profound influence on the Civil War.
Gettysburg
Abraham Lincoln
This was the notice that promised to free all enslaved people.
Emancipation Proclamation
a military operation in which a city or fort is completely surrounded, cutting off help and supplies in order to force a surrender
siege
This is where Robert Lee surrendered.
Appomattox Courthouse
This Union general was the most trusted by the president.
Ulysses S. Grant
This Confederate general stood "like a stone wall" during the battle of Bull Run.
Thomas Jackson
the act of spying to gather information about the enemy's positions and weaknesses
scouting
This is where the bloodiest single-day battle of the Civil War was fought.
Antietam
This Confederate general was the most famous and became the superintendent of West Point.
Robert E. Lee
The principle that the federal government has only limited authority over each state.
states' rights
weapons, ammunition, and equipment used in war
munition
William T. Sherman captured and burned this city, an important rail hub for the Confederacy.
Atlanta
This was the president of the Confederacy.
Jefferson Davis
This was the period after the Civil War when America was being rebuilt by reuniting the nation physically, socially, and politically.
Reconstruction
to discuss or bargain between two or more parties in order to reach an agreement
negotiate
a temporary fortification where guns are mounted
siegeworks
This Union general attempted to capture Richmond from the Confederates in the Peninsular Campaign.
George McClellan
This is 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.