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| 10366263418 | Election of 1860 | Lincoln's and the Republicans win convinced the South that slavery was under attack. Caused the immediate secession of states. |  | 0 |
| 10366263419 | Border States | Part of the USA but slavery was allowed to prevent the secession. |  | 1 |
| 10366263420 | advantages of north | more railroads & factories better balance b/w farming and industry more money have an established navy 2/3 population | 2 | |
| 10366263421 | advantages of south | better leadership: most military colleges in the south; most officers sided w Confederacy military tactics... ATTRITION-- as long as they survive they are winning drag the war out Attempt to trade cotton for guns - "cotton diplomacy" morale: fighting for a way of life, want self-gov | 3 | |
| 10366263422 | northern strategy | Anaconda plan-- blockade all cotton shipments, gain control of Miss. R. in the west and railroads in the east goal= preserve the Union "Total War" - destroy anything of value to the South. Control transportation, burn farms |  | 4 |
| 10366263423 | southern strategy | planned for a war of attrition want recognition & aid from Europe - "cotton diplomacy" "Live to fight another day" | 5 | |
| 10366263424 | Jefferson Davis | president of the Confederate States of America |  | 6 |
| 10366263425 | Abraham Lincoln | president of the United States of America Wanted to "preserve the Union" and get the South back and end rebellion. |  | 7 |
| 10366263426 | Emancipation Proclamation | Issued by Lincoln to free slaves in states of rebellion -Did not free slaves in the Border States because Lincoln feared those states would secede. | 8 | |
| 10366263427 | Gettysburg Address | Lincoln honored the dead on both sides to show his stance that the Union would be preserved. Also restated that "all men are created equal" and that the government will be "of the people, by the people and for the people." |  | 9 |
| 10366263428 | Appomattox Court House | Location of Confederate surrender to the Union. Lee surrendered on behalf of the South to Union general Ulysses S. Grant |  | 10 |
| 10366263429 | war of attrition | just try to survive | 11 | |
| 10366263430 | 13th amendment | ratified by the states after Lincoln's death needed to pass this before they allowed the confeds back in... gave them an ultimatum if you join the union this is the new rule outlawed slavery |  | 12 |
| 10366263431 | William Sherman | Sherman in ATLANTA, ensured Lincoln's reelection gave ppl hope that the war was coming to a close |  | 13 |
| 10366263432 | Battle of Bull Run | 1861 - 1st major battle that showed the war would last longer than expected and that South had better tactics. Virginia Confed victory |  | 14 |
| 10366263433 | Vicksburg | Union cut the Confederacy in half and captured the entire Mississippi River to control trade. Turning point in the west. |  | 15 |
| 10366263434 | Antietem | "Bloodiest Day in America" South attacked into the north but the failure to win keeps Britain and France from supporting the Confederacy. Lincoln issued his Emancipation Proclamation the next day because it was the first major victory for the North. |  | 16 |
| 10366263435 | Gettysburg | "Turning Point in the East" Bloody 3 day battle that the Union won. The South will be on full retreat and surrender time and time again after this battle. |  | 17 |
| 10366263436 | Atlanta | 1864 - William Sherman used total war to break the will of the South Railroad hub of the South. Helped Lincoln win re-election in 1864 by showing the war was close to being over. | 18 | |
| 10366263437 | Sherman's March to the Sea | 1864 Plan to frighten the Confederacy and feel the hard hand of war - farms and houses were burned from Atlanta to Savannah. |  | 19 |
| 10366263438 | Election of 1864 | Lincoln won after the capture of Atlanta. | 20 | |
| 10366263439 | habeas corpus | "The right to a trial" Lincoln used his "emergency powers" to suspend this during the Civil War in the Border States to arrest and detain those he thought would cause riots or secession. |  | 21 |
| 10366263440 | Fort Sumter | 1st shots of the Civil War in Charleston, SC Lincoln baited the South into firing first by resupplying. |  | 22 |
| 10366263441 | Robert E. Lee | Brilliant Confederate tactician that served as a great advantage of the South. "Could do a lot with a little." |  | 23 |
| 10366263442 | Ulysses Grant | Leader of the Union Army that gained fame for his victory in Vicksburg in the west. Knew the vast number of Union soldiers would be the most crucial advantage. |  | 24 |
| 10366263443 | Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson | Confederate lieutenant to Robert E. Lee who served as a vital leader. Accidental death is attributed to the Confederate loss of leadership. |  | 25 |
