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| 1. Lincoln was elected 2. SC and 6 other states secede and form CSA 3. Fort Sumter; Lincoln chose to send supplies to the fort 4. Lincoln calls for 75 thousand volunteers 5. Lincoln calls for naval blockade of the South 6. 4 more states cede from the Union | ||
| prohibition of slavery north of 36, 30 line in addition to compensation to owners for runaway slaves | ||
| in 1861. First battle of the Civil War. Confederate victory. The battle showed the North that this would not be a short, easy war (good) Showed the South fewer enlistments (bad) Stonewall Jackson | ||
| 1862. confederate victory | ||
| 1862. Union victory. McClellan's (north) men found a copy of Lee's plans and were able to stop the Southerners. This was the Union display of power Lincoln needed to announce his Emancipation Proclamation. Forestalled European intervention for Confed. | ||
| 1863. Invading north for the second time. Gen. George G. Meade (south) by accident took a stand and the Union and Confederate fought. Union victory. Gen George Pickett (north). | ||
| 1863. U.S Grant (north) besieged the city and captured it, securing the Mississippi River. Came the day after the victory at Gettysburg. The Confed hope for foreign intervention was lost. Cut South in two. | ||
| Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman (north) captured and burned down city before completing "March to the Sea." Waged total war, destroyed everything. Union victory | ||
| Lee surrendered here 1865 | ||
| Stephen Douglas John C. Breckinridge John Bell Lincoln | ||
| Start the Transcontinental Railroad | ||
| 30,000 acres of land for each Congressional representative granted to each state. Proceeds of land sales to be used to finance public colleges | ||
| increase rates by 5 to 10% passed by North | ||
| (1862)--160 acres of land virtually free to any citizen willing to occupy it for five years | ||
| escaped to Portuguese Azores, took on weapons and crew from Britain, but never sailed into a Confederate base, thus using a loophole to help the South. Built in Britain and wreaked havoc on Northern shipping until it was finally sunk in 1864. | ||
| Northern Democrats who opposed the Civil War and sympathized with the South. | ||
| Leader whose conflict with states' rights advocates and rigid personality harmed his ability to mobilize and direct his nations war effort. President of Confederacy | ||
| Notorious Copperhead, convicted of Treason, who ran for governor of Ohio while exiled to Canada. Inspired the story "The Man without a Country." | ||
| Slippery French dictator who ignored the Monroe Doctrine by intervening in Mexican politics. Put Austrian Archduke Maximilian as emperor of Mexico. | ||
| An Old World, aristocrat, manipulated as a puppet in Mexico, who was shot when his puppet master deserted him. | ||
| 1. Fighting a defensive war on its own soil. 2. Did not have to "win" the war. 3. High level of morale/confidence 4. Most talented/ Best officers 5. Troops prepared for military life- used to handling firearms/horses | ||
| 1. Poor economy- Agarian with no real Industrial Base- only 8% of total U.S. value produced 2. Poor transportation system- only 25% of railroads 3. No navy to speak of- had to use private ships | ||
| 1. Excellent economy- Agarian Industrial mix produced over 80% of total value produced. 2. Excellent Transportation system- held 75% of railroads 3. Controlled the sea- had a superior navy 4. Large Manpower reserve 1/5 foreign born | ||
| 1. Had to conquer the South on its territory 2. Troops less prepared for military life 3. Less effective commanders/leadership | ||
| The North's strategy to cut of supplies to the South | ||
| The Trent was a British ship from which two Confederate diplomats were removed by a Union ship, creating a major crisis between London and Washington. Britain threatened war. | ||
| North- tariffs, greenbacks, bonds South- taxes, printing more money | ||
| a) Abolitionists urged the Republicans to choose a candidate who would wage total war against the South b) Lincoln chose Andrew Johnson as his running mate to attract "War Democrats" and formed the Union Party c) Democrats nominated McClellan and a platform which called for a truce and settlement with the South d) Lincoln once again won in the electoral college, but only had a 400,000 vote majority in the popular vote | ||
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| 1. Expanded taxation 2. Ended the ideas of nullification and succession 3. Ended slavery 4. Saw the creation of the 1st social welfare agency- The Freedmen's Bureau | ||
| attack on all fronts all the time | ||
| At first weren't allowed in but as men ran low, they were allowed in. Accounted for about 10% of the Union army. Until 1864 Southerners refused to recognize black soldiers as prisoners of war and often executed them as runaways and rebels. Some blacks didn't cast off their chains when they heard the Emancipation Proclamation but others walked off of their jobs when Union armies conquered territories that included plantations they worked | ||
| Northern general that burned Atlanta. | ||
| Water borne approach to Richmond (the South's capital), taking about a month to capture Yorktown before coming to Richmond. It was a disastrously unsuccessful attempt to end the war quickly by a back door conquest of Richmond | ||
| Union general who repudiated his party's Copperhead platform and polled 45% of the popular vote in 1864 | ||
| The biggest Confed threat to the Union was the Virginia (Merrimack) which threatened to break the Union blockade, but fortunately, the Monitor arrived just in time to fight the Merrimack to a standstill, and the Confed ship was later destroyed by the South to save it from the North | ||
| Grant and his men captured Richmond, burnt it, and cornered Lee at Appomattox Courthouse at Virginia | ||
| South- Robert E. Lee, "Stonewall" Jackson North- George B. McClellan, A.E. Burnside, "Fighting Joe" Hooker, George G. Meade, Ulysses S. Grant | ||
| North Caroline, Tennessee, Virginia, Arkansas | ||
| Shot by John Wilkes Booth on April 14, 1865 at Ford's Theater watching "Our American Cousin". It was bad for the South because he would have treated them more fairly in Reconstruction. |
