MISC.
1. Harder to destroy
2. Breaking blockades
Who was the supreme commander of the Confederacy?
Robert E. Lee
Intense loyalty to a specific region of a country=
Sectionalism
Rule by the army instead of the elected government=
Martial law
What ideals did Lincoln express in the Gettysburg Address?
-Soldiers did not die in vain
-A government of the people, by the people, for the people
-Slavery=trash
-Profound statement of American ideals
-Changed the goal of the war
What was one effect of the Emancipation Proclamation?
Slaves slowed down their work or refused to work altogether
Who was the supreme commander of the Union army?
Ulysses S. Grant
The group of people who wanted to end slavery in the US=
Abolitionists
A military/executive order signed by Lincoln that freed the slaves in the South as a military necessity=
Emancipation Proclamation
Why did Southerners & Copperheads think Lincoln was a tyrant?
-He exercised war powers like no other president
-He suspended habeas corpus & signed the Emancipation Proclamation= many thought this was unconstitutional
-He was aggressive in his pursuit of a Union victory
What does "emancipate" mean?
What are 3 hardships faced faced by soldiers during the Civil War?
1. Amputations
2. Disease
3. Starvation
4. Not being paid
The formal withdrawal of a state from a country=
Secession
Northerners who did not support the war & thought Lincoln was a tyrant=
Copperheads
What was the Anaconda Plan?
A military plan devised by General Winfield Scott to crush the Southern economy:
**it called for:
1. A strong defense of DC
2. A naval/land invasion of the Mississippi River
3. A blockade of the Gulf/Atlantic
Which group of people sold supplies to the Union government at astronomical prices?
In what 3 ways did women contribute to the war effort?
1. Working industrial jobs
2. Working as nurses
3. They made clothing, supplies, & medicine
A secret network of safehouses & routes used by enslaved people to escape slavery and earn their freedom=
The Underground Railroad
The right to be charged or have a trial before being jailed=
Habeas Corpus
How did the Civil War change the US forever?
1. Ended slavery
2. United the entire country
3. Whites now had to compete with freed African Americans for jobs
***ETC
Which two battles turned the tide of war in favor of the Union?
Vicksburg, Gettysburg
Why did Lincoln have to suspend habeas corpus?
NYC Riots
A type of military activity where a small, independent force uses irregular tactics to fight a larger, more established enemy=
Guerilla warfare
Using overwhelming force to defeat an enemy=
Total war
Name 3 people in the Confederacy, 3 in the Union, & 3 abolitionists:
1. Confederacy= Stonewall Jackson, Robert E. Lee, Jefferson Davis
2. Union= Sherman, McClellan, Grant, Lincoln
3. Abolitionists= Tubman, Truth, Brown, Douglass