American Civil War Vocabulary

A collection of vocabulary flashcards based on the Civil War lecture, highlighting key figures, battles, and military strategies.

Border states

States that stayed in the Union during the war and were allowed to keep slavery.

Southern motivation for war

The reason most southerners went to war, which was for their families, towns, and states.

Northern motivation for war

The reason most northerners went to war, which was to keep the Union together.

Emancipation Proclamation

A specific order that freed slaves in only the rebel states.

Result of the Emancipation Proclamation

$500,000$ slaves ran, and $200,000$ of those slaves joined the Union Army.

Strategic effect of Emancipation Proclamation

It weakened the South by ending food and weapon production.

Iron clans

The first modern battleships that made wooden ships obsolete.

Miniball bullet

The advance in technology that made the Civil War way more deadlier than previous American wars.

Southern city riots

Events occurring in the last $2$ years of the war where women rioted over a lack of food.

Gettysburg battle

The battle considered to be the turning point of the war.

Joshua L. Chamberlain

The colonial who saved the Union on the second day of Gettysburg by ordering a bayonet charge in the Little Round Top battle.

Pickett's charge

The event on the third day of Gettysburg said to be the price for the South to pay under commander Robert E. Lee.

George Payette

The general who made the most horrific change of the war.

Gettysburg Address

A famous speech by Lincoln lasting less than $2$ minutes that called for expanding freedoms, ending slavery, and protecting representative governments.

Ulysses S. Grant

The man who became the supreme commander of the Union Army and finally defeated Robert E. Lee.

Anaconda Plan

The Union plan for victory in the war which consisted of $3$ steps.