Vocabulary 1
weapons, ammunition, and equipment used in war
munition
The principle that the federal government has only limited authority over each state
states' rights
Republican president who opposed slavery
Abraham Lincoln
President of the Confederacy
Jefferson Davis
the act of spying to gather information about the enemy's positions and weaknesses
scouting
The bloodiest single-day battle of the Civil War was fought here
Antietam
The Union general that the president trusted most of all
Ulysses S Grant
to discuss or bargain between two or more parties in order to reach an agreement
negotiate
a military operation in which a city or fort is completely surrounded, cutting off help and supplies in order to force a surrender
siege
the notice that promised to free all enslaved people
Emancipation Proclamation
Confederate general stood "like a stone wall" during the battle of Bull Run
Thomas Jackson
Confederate general who was the most famous and became the superintendent of West Point
Robert E Lee
the act of removing oneself from an organization or alliance
secede
Robert E. Lee surrended here
Appomattox Courthouse
He captured and burned Atlanta, an important rail hub for the Confederacy
William T. Sherman
The battle that had a profound influence on the Civil War was fought here
Gettysburg
a temporary fortification where guns are mounted
siegeworks
The period after the Civil War when America was being rebuilt by reuniting the nation physically, socially, and politically.
Reconstruction
Union general that attempted to capture Richmond from the Confederates in the Peninsular Campaign
George McClellan
Explain what the election of 1860 meant for Southerners.
the end of their way of life......they did not know how to live without slaves