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Fort Sumter

Fort in South Carolina where the Civil War began

Border States

States between the North and the South-Missouri, Kentucky, Maryland, Delaware

Martial Law

Military gov. replaces civilian government and suspends civilian gov. for a temporary amount of time

Anaconda Plan

Winifield Scott’s pan to block ports of the South, cut the Confederacy in half and overthrow confederate leaders with anti-secession southerners. Named by the snake who slowly squeezes its victims.

Cotton Diplomacy

Use of cotton as a tool of confederate foreign policy. Southerners believed that their advantage over the North was their cotton. They thought that Great Britain and France were to come to their aid if cotton was disrupted by war

1st Battle of Bull Run

Stonewall Jackson earns nickname. Union troops fall back but it turned into a stampede

Stonewall Jackson

Confederate general in Civil War

Ironclads

Armored gunboats covered with iron plates invincible to cannon fire utilized by the union

H.L. Hunley

Cannon that shot (submarine) that shot enemy vessels and what would sink the Hunley as well

Ulysses S. Grant

The leading Union general at the end of the Civil War, 18th President

Battle of Shiloh

April 6, 1862. Confederates surprise attacked the Union. Ulysses pushed back after being pushed to the Tennessee River which led to a Confederate army retreat

2nd Battle of Bull Run

Aug. 29, 1862 in Virginia, Confederacy won, led to Confederacy’s first invasion of the North. Union retreated Lincoln replaces McClellan with Pope.

Robert E. Lee

Commanding general of the Confederate army

Battle of Antietam

Sept. 17, 1862. Union halted Lee’s invasion of the North. Gave Lincoln the ability to issue the Emancipation. Bloodiest day of the war

Battle of Fredericksburg

Dec 11-15, 1867. Union halted the Confederacy’s (Lee’s) invasion of the North. Gave Lincoln the ability to issue the Emancipation Proclamation. Bloodiest single day of the war

Emancipation Proclamation

Document signed by Lincoln on Jan. 1 1863 declared that enslaved people In Confederate states would be free.

Andersonville Prison Camp

Camp in Georgia for soldiers. Union-run POW camp. Bad conditions in camp. Many died in camp from starvation

Copperheads

Opposition to the war led by members of the Democratic Party. Critics called the Copperheads.

NYC Draft Riots

Violent disturbances in New York because of discontent with new laws passed by Congress to draft men to fight in the Civil War allowing rich men to avoid the draft by paying money

Habeas Corpus

Latin for “you have the body” Liberation of those who may be imprisoned without sufficient cause. Safeguards individual freedom against lawless action.