history 16.3-16.4

abraham lincoln assasinated, and the thirteenth ammendment

1865

fourteenth ammendment

1866

official end with reconstruction

1877

an important rail center in Tenessee

chattanooga

union leader at battle of chattanooga

General William S. Rosecrans

confederate battles at chattanooga

general Braxton Bragg

battle where Rosecrans was forced to retreat and was saved from serious defeat only by his left wing under general George H. Thomas.

battle of chickamauga

rock of chickamauga

George H. Thomas

supreme commander of the armies of the United States

general grant

planned a three pronged attack

grant

was in charge of the Union forces, and his major objective was to take Atlanta

William Tecumseh Sherman

Replacement for Johnston

John b. Hood

grant’s march to attack richmond that cost him dearly but eventually led to the fall of petersburg and richmond to union forces

Wilderness Campaign

date when both generals met in appomattox court house to end the war

april 9, 1865

virtually ended the war

lee’s surrender at appomattox court house

how did the North finance the war?

increased taxes and war bonds

bonds who, if purchased, would be repaid the value of plus interest at a later date

war bonds

act that not only encouraged banks to but war bonds but, in the process, also helped to give the country a stable national banking system

national banking system

paper currency backed by nothing but the government’s promise to redeem it at some future date + their value depended upon the federal government’s ability to redeem them.

greenbacks

methods that both sides used to draw enlistments

paying of bounties to recruits and using the draft system

first war in which twentieth century techniques and technology were employed

civil war

saw southern independence as being to his advantage, he believed that if the union were divided the monroe doctrine would be altered an that france would be able to gain influence in latin americs

Napoleon III

steamer where the captain’s unwise violation of a principle for which americans had fought the war of 1812 caused much british indignation.

Trent

how was the blockade of the south hurting the british econony?

by interfering with cotton imports

conflict where union learned that a private british company was preparing to release more ships to the confederacy

CSS Alabama dispute

made slavery the union’s new cause for war, but it did not immediately abolish slavery from the whole country

emancipation proclamation

ammendment which abolished slavery

thirteenth amendment

republican party rebrand

national union party

lincoln’s running mate

andrew johnson

forerunner of the industrial boom that occurred after the war

industrial expansion of the north during the war

play where lincoln was shot

Our American Cousin

shot lincoln

John Wilkes Booth

began his sunday school movement

Dwight L. Moody

representative of the YMCA and the christian commision, spent much time witnessing to union troops

D.L. Moody

distriputed 900,000 bibles

American Bible society

forerunner of the american red cross, aided those hurt by the ravages of war

Sanitary Commission

one of the most famous champlains

john william jones

man most directly responsible for the adoption of the motto was Secretary of the Treasurey

Salmon P. Chase

founded the Howard Theological Seminary for African-Americans

Oliver O. Howard

founded hapton uni and sought to provide a good education to recently freed slaves.

samuel chapman armstrong

influenced by chapman’s work

Booker T. Washington

continued to serve his church after the war

William Nelson Pendleton