Presidential Purview
born February 12, 1809, near Hodgenville, Kentucky, U.S.—died April 15, 1865, Washington, D.C.) was the 16th president of the United States (1861–65), who preserved the Union during the American Civil War and brought about the emancipation of enslaved people in the United States.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
This battle gave the Union control of the Mississippi River.
What is the Battle of Vicksburg?
This marked the beginning of the Civil War.
What is the attack on Fort Sumter?
Confederate general who had opposed secession but did not believe the Union should be held together by force
Who is General Robert E. Lee?
April 12-14, 1861 Confederate victory A federal outpost in Charleston, South Carolina, that was attacked by the Confederates in April 1861, sparking the Civil War.
What is Fort Sumter?
He was appointed as the overall general of the Union armies following multiple victories in the West.
Who is Ulysses S. Grant?
He was the president of the Confederate States of America.
Who is Jefferson Davis?
A general for northern command of the Army of the Potomac in 1861; nicknamed "Tardy George" because he failed to move troops to Richmond; lost a battle vs. General Lee near the Chesapeake Bay; Lincoln fired him twice.
Who is General George McClellan?
April 9, 1865
Union Victory
last battle of the Civil war
Confederate General Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia surrendered to the Union Army under Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant
What is the Battle of Appomattox Courthouse?
One of the major reasons the Southern states seceded.
What is the election of Abraham Lincoln as president in 1860?
July 21, 1861 Union loss Showed the Union the war would not be easily won and that they needed to train their armies and leaders
What is the first Battle of Bull Run?
But, in a larger sense, we can not dedicate -- we can not consecrate -- we can not hallow -- this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or detract. It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us -- that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion -- that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain -- that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom -- and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.
What is the Gettysburg Address?
Declared that slaves in the confederate states were free
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
John Wilkes Booth assassinated President Lincoln here.
What is the Ford Theater?
Lincoln allowed slavery in these states to keep control of them.
What are Border States?
This happened to Abraham Lincoln at the beginning of his second term.
He was assassinated.
September 17, 1862 Strategic Union victory Allowed Lincoln to make the Emancipation Proclamation (prevents foreign powers from entering the war for slavery, provides a rationale for the war, and allows blacks to enlist in the army) McClellan's last battle as general
What is the Battle of Antietam?
A campaign of "total war" in Georgia. Union troops destroy railroads, burn plantations, drive off livestock, and free slaves.
What is Sherman's March to the Sea?
This was spoken to honor the fallen soldiers and to unite the country.
What were Abraham Lincoln's two goals with the Gettysburg Address?
to break away from, to remove oneself
What does secede mean?
Winfield Scott's plan included isolating the South through land and sea blockades in the hopes of preventing the Civil War from beginning.
What is the Anaconda Plan?
What did states' rights mean during the Civil War?
That a state should be able to choose whether they are a free or slave state.
July 1-3 1863 Union victory Turning point of the War that made it clear the North would win Battle convinced European countries not to get involved Gettysburg Address (redefined the Civil War as a struggle not merely for the Union, but as "a new birth of freedom" that would bring true equality to all of its citizens.)
What is the Battle of Gettysburg?
He lost to Lincoln during the 1864 election.
Who is George B. McClellan?
In his first inaugural address, President Abraham Lincoln stated that "We are not _____, but friends. We must not be _________.”
What are enemies?
This side of the Civil War held an advantage in materials, population, and wealth.
What is the North (Union)?
He served as a Confederate general during the American Civil War, and became one of the best-known Confederate commanders after General Robert E. Lee.
Who is Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson?
President Lincoln suspended this, and his authority to do so was challenged in the Supreme Court by Confederate sympathizer John Merryman.
What is habeas corpus?
a writ requiring a person under arrest to be brought before a judge or into court, especially to secure the person's release unless lawful grounds are shown for their detention.
1863, Union gains control of Mississippi, confederacy split in two, Grant takes lead of Union armies, total war begins
What is the Battle of Vicksburg?
Give two reasons why General Robert E. Lee decided to invade the North despite losing at Antietam in a previous battle in the North.
What are . . .
take the fighting out of the South, especially VA
strengthen arguments for peace
convince GB and France to support the South
maybe even win the war?