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| President of the United States at the beginning of the Civil War; was inaugurated after seven states had already seced | ||
| Fort located in Charleston that still flew the American flag when Lincoln took office | ||
| commander of the army that expressed the common sentiment that the South should be allowed to part | ||
| city that replaced Montgomery as the Confederate capital | ||
| "mountain white" area that illegal tore itself from Virginia in 1861 | ||
| slave states left in the Union at the beginning of the Civil War | ||
| area of southern Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois where an antislavery war would have been very unpopular | ||
| term that describes the Civil War because each region sent people to fight for the other side; for example two brothers could be fighting on opposite sides against each other | ||
| important military leader of the Confederate Army who was actually offered the command of the Northern armies by Lincoln but turned him down when his home state of Virginia seceded | ||
| Lee's chief lieutenant who was a gifted tactical theorist and master of speed and deception | ||
| famous war cry of the Confederate Army | ||
| ordinary Union soldier | ||
| typical Confederate soldier | ||
| shortage of cotton in Britain about 1 1/2 years after the blockades began that cost many Britons their means | ||
| The incident in which a Union warship stopped a British steamer and removed two Confederate diplomats | ||
| A ship built by the British. Not originally built to be a war ship but in 1862 the confederates gave it a crew and weapons. It captured over sixty union vessels before it accepted a challenge from a union cruiser in 1864 off the coast of France. | ||
| French viceroy who takes over Mexico during Civil War due to fact that America cannot enforce monroe doctrine | ||
| President of the Confederate States of America | ||
| Secretary of War under Lincoln who criticized him often | ||
| The legal protection that prohibits the imprisonment of a subject without demonstrated cause. | ||
| men who paid a three hundred dollar fine or hired someone to fight in their place in the draft | ||
| This was an act passed by Congress in 1861 to meet the cost of the war. It raised the taxes on shipping from 5 to 10 percent however later needed to increase to meet the demanding cost of the war. This was just one the new taxes being passed to meet the demanding costs of the war. Although they were still low to today's standers they still raked in millions of dollars. | ||
| Name for Union paper money not backed by gold or silver. Value would fluctuate depending on status of the war (plural) | ||
| private banking house through which the national treasury marketed its bonds | ||
| group of people that rushed to Pennsylvania when petroleum was discovered there in 1859 | ||
| ladies in Washington who filled jobs left in D.C. when the men went to fight | ||
| America's first female physician who helped organize the US Sanitary Commision | ||
| Nurse during the Civil War; started the American Red Cross | ||
| superintendent of nurses for union army | ||
| ran a Richmond infirmary for wounded Confederate soldiers | ||
| battle where Lincoln's armies sought an easy victory at Manassas Junction but were defeated by Stonewall's armies | ||
| commander of the Army of the Potomac | ||
| McClellan's source for information on the enemy | ||
| McClellan's nickname | ||
| series of attacks launched by Lee from June 26th to July 2nd 1862 | ||
| number of years that a Confederacy presidency lasts | ||
| battle plan drawn up by Winfield Scott to isolate Southern trade | ||
| issued by Lincoln that freed the slaves in the Confederacy, but not in the Border states; really didnt do anything because the slaves were out of Lincoln's jurisdiction | ||
| the hope that in a war both sides will be equal in power and resources | ||
| persuading people into action based on morales | ||
| military rule and police power | ||
| a final proposition whose refusal will lead to the end of negotiations | ||
| an ambiguity (especially one in the text of a law or contract) that makes it possible to evade a difficulty or obligation | ||
| a unit of military organization | ||
| (law) the hearing and determination of a dispute by an impartial referee agreed to by both parties (often used to settle disputes between labor and management) | ||
| the act of setting something aside for specific use | ||
| based on or subject to individual discretion or preference or sometimes impulse or caprice | ||
| a proportional share or part | ||
| a government issued certificate with interest | ||
| the acquisition of gain in dishonest or questionable ways | ||
| one who makes what is considered an unreasonable profit | ||
| border states in alphabetical order | ||
| nickname of Winfield Scott | ||
| another name for the Anaconda Plan | ||
| skilled general of the Union who eventually became President | ||
| July 3rd General Pickett led 15,000 troops across open field at Gettysburg | ||
| Union victory giving them control of the Mississippi River | ||
| Union leader at Gettysburg | ||
| largest battle in the Western Hemisphere | ||
| port in the Bahamas that was a popular rendezvous point for blockade running | ||
| wooden US warship that was plated with iron railroads and had its name changed to the Virginia | ||
| tiny Union ironclad | ||
| battle in Maryland won by the Union won only because Lee's plans were found; Lincoln used the victory to deliver his Emancipation Proclamation | ||
| outlawed slavery | ||
| Union squadron composed of black men | ||
| fort where black Union soldiers were massacred after surrendering | ||
| replaced McClellan as commander of the Army of the Potomac | ||
| the last standing Southern bastion on the Mississippi | ||
| side of the civil war supported by the Five Civilized Tribes | ||
| the effective Northern effort to strangle the Southern economy and de-throne "King Cotton" | ||
| ironclad warships tha were kept out of Confederate hards by Minister Adams's stern protests to the British government | ||
| provision established by Congress in 1863, after volunteers ran out, that provoked violent protest in Northern cities | ||
| slippery northern men who collected fees for enlisting in the Union army and then deserted | ||
| medical occupation that gained new status and employment oppurtunities because of women's Civil War service | ||
| financial arrangement set up by the federal government to sell government bonds and stabilize the currency | ||
| scornful term for Northern manufacturers who made quick fortunes out of selling cheaply made shoes and other inadequate goods to the U.S. Army | ||
| organization developed to provide medical supplies and assistance to Union armies in the field | ||
| French dictator who ignored the Monroe Doctrine by intervening in Mexican policies | ||
| American envoy whose shrewd diplomacy helped keep Britain neutral during the Civil War | ||
| site of largest Northern antidraft riot in 1863 | ||
| side of an army that is vulnerable to attack | ||
| troops stationed at a fortress designed for its defense | ||
| 3 sided attack on Richmond planed by McClellan | ||
| Lincoln's vice presidential running mate in 1864 | ||
| city where the Battle at Bull Run took place | ||
| nickname of Ulysses S Grant | ||
| Northern Democrats who opposed the Civil War and sympathized with the South | ||
| Edward Everett Hale's story of treason and banishment inspired by the wartime banishing of Copperhead Clement Vallandigham | ||
| Georgia city captured and burned by Sherman | ||
| the temporary 1864 colition of Republicans and War Democrats that backed Lincoln's re-election | ||
| Washington site where Lincoln was assasinted by Booth on April 14, 1865 | ||
| Virginia site where Lee surrendered to Grant in April 1865 | ||
| romantic name given to the Southern fight for independence, indicating nobility despite defeat | ||
| ruthless Northern general who waged a march through Georgia | ||
| Ambitious secretary of the treasury who wanted to replace Lincoln as president in 1864 | ||
| site of one of Grant's bloody battles with the Confederates near Richmond in 1864 | ||
| fanatical acotr whose act of violence actually harmed the South; shot Lincoln | ||
| notorious copperhead convicted of treason whoe ran for governor of Ohio while exiled to Canada | ||
| major battle by Grant fought close to Confederate capital |
