History notes

Tennessee battle that resulted in 25,000 Union and Confederate casualties

Shiloh

isolation of a port by hostile forces

blockade

Union state that allowed slavery

border state

general who won the Battle of Bull Run/Battle of Manassas

Stonewall Jackson

former United States Army general who led the Confederate troops

Robert E Lee

Union strategy to gain control of Confederate ports and the Mississippi River

Anaconda plan

How did the North’s population differ from the South’s population

The North’s population was larger.

What is one geographic advantage the South had over the North?

The South was fighting in its own territory.

Why was the Civil War’s first large battle so shocking?

The battle was more brutal than people expected.

What Gulf of Mexico port was captured by Union forces early in the war?

New Orleans

Wartime Advantages of the Confederacy

Strong military tradition, Fighting for survival, Only had to avoid defeat, Fighting on familiar grounds, closer to the battlefields, Great military leaders, Washington DC close to Virginia

Wartime advantages of the Union

Higher population, Leadership of Lincoln, Established government, Great Navy, Larger labor pool, Great manufacturing, Recinition from EU nation

Eventually the 5 border states

Delaware, Kentucky, Maryland, West virginia, Missouri

Captured war supplies are called ____

contraband

The _____ freed all people enslaved in states still in rebellion against the Union after January 1, 1863.

Emancipation Proclamation

The formation of the all-black ____ occurred in the Union when the military began recruiting African American soldiers.

regiment

Congress passed the ____ to ensure that black soldiers were accepted for military service.

Militia Act

The bloodiest single day of fighting in the Civil War occurred at

Battle of Antietam

Some abolitionists criticized Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation because they

knew it did not specifically free all enslaved people.

What did Lincoln want before he announced the Emancipation Proclamation?

a major Union military victory

Abolitionists influenced Lincoln’s decision to issue the Emancipation Proclamation by

pressuring him to take a stand on slavery.

African Americans in the South often helped Union forces by

serving as spies and scouts.

an action of Congress that made western land available for a low price

Homestead act

a right that states a person cannot be detained without being charged with a specific crime

habeas corpus

a system that requires military service

conscription

a certificate sold by the government that promises more money later

Bond

an amount of money paid to the government based on a person’s earnings

income tax

a person from the North who wanted to end the Civil War

Copperhead

During the Civil War, the South’s economy

deteriorated

What did the United States Treasury create when the Legal Tender Act was passed in 1862?

a common national currency