APUSH Civil War Flashcards

778861712	Recognition	official acceptance
778861713	Draft	the ability of a nation to conscript able-bodies male white citizens into the army
778861714	Anaconda Plan	General Scott's plan to march through, destory, and constrict the south ultimately cutting off supplies up the Mississippi to weaken shipping and commerce.
778861715	Contraband	Illegal materials smuggled across lines.
778861716	War or Attrition	One side waits out the other side until the enemy has to surrender from lack of food and supplies.
778861717	Emancipation Proclamation	Proclamation that freed slaves in territories in rebellion.
778861718	Thirteenth Amendment	Freedom from slavery
778861719	Siege	A battle where a fort of secured area is taken or is attempted to be taken. Cannons and artillery were needed to successfully bombard enemy battlements.
778861720	Writ of Habeas Corpus	Required the court to determine if someone is lawfully imprisoned.
778861721	Martial Law	When a government governs with an iron fist using the military. Citizen's rights are usually disregarded to preserve order.
778861722	Copperheads	Democrats who were pro-war but also pro-slavery because they feared freed blacks would flood to the north and take northern jobs.
778861723	Secede	To break away from; in this case when the south seceded from the north to form it's own country.
778861724	Monitor/Merrimack	Different ironclad warships utilized by the north and south respectively.
778861725	Appomattox courthouse	the place of Lee's surrender
778861726	George McClellan	ran in the election of 1864 against Lincoln, nominated by the democrats, his party stood for ending the war, lost against Lincoln.
778861727	Robert E. Lee	Important southern military leader. Called for a draft requireing military service.
778861728	Stonewall Jackson	Part of the Confederate Army and defeated the Union in the 1st battle of Bull Run
778861729	Ulysses S Grant	led several successful campaigns, captured Fort Henry, protected important water routes for Confederates.
778861730	William T. Sherman	General in the Union Army who received recognition for his outstanding command of military strategy as well as conducting total war against the South by capturing Atlanta, Georgia.
778861731	Andrew Johnson	Became president when Lincon died, he opposed radical republicans who passed reconstruction acts over his veto. He was the first president to be impeached and survived only by one vote.
778861732	John Wilkes Booth	Assassinated Lincoln
778861733	Abraham Lincoln	president of the Us at the beginning of the Civil War, inaugurated after seven states already seceded, Wanted to end slavery, but was killed.
778861734	Jefferson Davis	President of the Confederate States of America
778861735	Fort Sumter	Federal fort on an island occupied by federal triips. Captured by the confederacy and was the start of the war.
778861736	Bull Run	A wake up call to the North. South won again.
778861737	Antietam	The souths plan to attack on Northern soil to get European attention and endorsement while hurting the public opinion of the North.
778861738	Chancellorsville	Lee's greatest victory. Stonewall Jackson was killed, costing the South battles later on.
778861739	Gettysburg	Turning point in the war. North cut off the South's supplies and ended victoriously despite the major losses on both sides.
778861740	Vicksburg	Gave control of the Mississippi to the Union once again cutting of the South's supplies.
778861741	Advantages of the North	More factories, soldiers, and the use of railroads.
778861742	What attracted Britain to the Confederacy?	The south provided their textile industry with cotton.
778861743	Four border states	Missouri, Kentucky, Maryland, and Delaware.
778861744	Lincoln's main goal throughout the war	Maintain the Union and keep the south from seceding at all costs.
778861745	Roles of women	Took over man's role as head of managing the household and also worked as nurses.