Unit 7 Key Terms

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Robert E. Lee

Confederate general who won many battles despite being outnumbered but lost key battles at Antietam and Gettysburg.

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George McClellan

Union general who could raise strong armies but was fired for being too cautious.

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Copperheads

Democrats in the North who opposed the Civil War, opposed Lincoln, and supported slavery.

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New York Draft Riots

Violence that occurred over anger that wealthy Northerners could pay their way out of the draft and because immigrants worried about ex-slaves stealing their jobs.

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Anaconda Plan

Strategy of the Union to win the war by using the navy to cut off trade along the Confederate coast and Mississippi River.

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"Stonewall" Jackson

Confederate general known for the bravery he showed in the Battle of Bull Run who was later killed in the war.

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Battle of Bull Run

First official battle of the Civil War, which resulted in a surprise Confederate victory and showed the Civil War would be long and bloody.

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Ulysses S. Grant

Union general whose aggression won many battles, later became president.

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Battle of Shiloh

Battle that established Ulysses S. Grant as a top general but at the cost of heavy Union casualties.

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Battle of Antietam

Turning point battle that caused Lincoln to issue the Emancipation Proclamation and ended chances of England helping the Confederacy.

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Emancipation Proclamation

This document by Lincoln said that slaves in rebelling states were free.

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54th Massachusetts

Famous African-American regiment that fought for the Union army after emancipation.

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Clara Barton

Famous nurse in the Civil War who later founded the American Red Cross.

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Siege of Vicksburg

Turning point event in the Civil War that secured the Mississippi River for the Union and divided the Confederacy.

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Battle of Gettysburg

Turning point battle that turned back a Confederate invasion of the North and was the biggest battle of the Civil War.

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Sherman's March to the Sea

Event in which a Union general used "total war" to destroy southern property and divide the Confederacy.

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Election of 1864

This reelected Lincoln as president and ensured he could continue the effort to preserve the Union.

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Appomattox Courthouse

Site of General Lee's surrender to General Grant, essentially ending the Civil War and giving the Union victory.

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13th Amendment

This law banned slavery in the entire United States.

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John Wilkes Booth

He assassinated Abraham Lincoln.

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Reconstruction

Time period in which the federal government brought the South back into the Union and tried to rebuild the South.

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Freedmen's Bureau

Government agency that was meant to give poor ex-slaves (and whites) education, food, clothing, and help them find work during Reconstruction.

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Andrew Johnson

President who was impeached by Radical Republicans largely because of his opposition to their plan for Reconstruction.

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Radical Republicans

Group in Congress that wanted Reconstruction to involve military occupation of the South and full rights for black ex-slaves.

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Black codes

Laws passed in southern states during Reconstruction to restrict the rights of black ex-slaves.

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14th Amendment

This law defined blacks as citizens that were entitled to equal protection under the law.

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Military Reconstruction

Action of Radical Republicans that used the military to control the South during Reconstruction and force southern states to give blacks equal rights.

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15th Amendment

This law gave all races (such as black ex-slaves) the right to vote.

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Carpetbaggers

Term for northerners who moved south during Reconstruction to help Republicans, but many ended up exploiting the South for personal gain.

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Scalawags

Term for southerners who helped carpetbaggers during Reconstruction and were often seen as traitors to the South.

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Ku Klux Klan

Underground organization that formed during Reconstruction to resist northern influence through terrorism.

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Election of 1876/Compromise of 1877

Event in which Rutherford Hayes became president in exchange for ending Reconstruction.

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"New South"

Term that described post-Civil War industrialization of the South but continued oppression of black southerners.

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Sharecroppers

Poor farmers, often ex-slaves, who paid to rent land by giving the land owners most of their crops.