unit 5 civil war

11th us history

lincoln gets elected

southern states begins seceeding

union advantages

- size of navy

- firearms production

- industrial power and capability

- population

- food

confederate advantages

- military leadership

union motivation

- keep union together and end slavery

confederate motivation

- preserve their "way of life" (slavery) and the idea of states' rights

union strategy

- anaconda plan: offensive strategy that requires them to go after the south to win and block exports

confederate strategy

- offensive defense: use of aggressive defense to protect the south and hope that the north gets tired of fighting

fort sumter

- april 1861

- first shot fired signaled beginning of war

- lincoln sends supplies to union troops (south views this as aggression)

reason lincoln doesn't want to declare war

- it would mean the country was divided

habeas corpus

- idea of do process of law and can be suspended during times of rebellion under the constitution

- lincoln suspends after antietam

battle of antietam

- sept 1862

- bloodiest DAY

- encouraged the issue of the emancipation proclamation

- no clear winner

emancipation proclamation

- jan 1, 1863

- freed slaves in seceded states, but not border states

- union saw this as a morale to keep fighting

battle of vicksburg

- may-july 1863

- grant captures the city of vicksburg giving him control of the mississippi river which furthers the anaconda plan

- union victory

battle of gettysburg

- july 1863

- bloodiest BATTLE

- last time lee invaded the north

- turning point

- union victory

gettysburg address

- nov 1863

- dedicated a military cemetery for the war

- boosted union morale by giving them a new cause to fight

battle of atlanta

- july-sept 1864

- transportation hub, so destruction of the city would limit supplies being transported

march to the sea

- nov-dec 1864

- atlanta campaign led by sherman

- total war strategy to get citizens involved

lincoln's second inaugural address

"with malice towards none, with peace/charity for all"

lincoln's assassination

- april 14, 1865

- john wilkes booth

- ford's theater in washington dc

end of the war

- april 9, 1865

- lee (confederate) surrenders to grant (union)

- appomattox courthouse, virginia

lincoln's purpose of the war

- to preserve the union

- abolish slavery

jefferson davis

- confederate president

robert e lee

- confederate commander

- battle of gettysburg

stonewall jackson

- lee's righthand man

- confederate

- nicknamed at bull run

- died at chancellorsville

ulysses s grant

- union general

- battle of vicksburg

william t sherman

- union general

- used total war

- march to the sea

- battle of atlanta

compromise of 1850

- popular sovereignty

- california becomes free

- fugitive slave act

- slave trade outlawed

kansas-nebraska act

- popular sovereignty will determine whether these states become free or slave

bleeding kansas

- battle over whether kansas should be free or slave because of popular sovereignty

dred scott v sanford

- scott filed to be free because he lived in a free state

- court rules against it because he's not a citizen and essentially protects slavery

- north: angry

- south: happy

john brown's raid

- harper's ferry, virginia

- wants to raid arsenal to arm slaves, but the slaves don't show up

- north views him as a hero

- south views him as a terrorist