The Civil War (vocab)

Vocabulary for the Civil War

Secede

To break away or separate

Casualty

A person who is killed or injured in a war on accident

Siege

To surround a place in order to force it to surrender

Turning Point

The moment in which a very significant change takes place

Border States

Slave states located between the north and south who did not secede

13th Amendment

Constitutional amendment that abolished slavery within the United States.

Homefront

The work and activities of civilians living in the homeland of a nation at war

Total War

A conflict in which participating countries devote all their resources for the war effort

States Rights

The rights and powers granted or held by individual states in an Union

Blockade

The act or means of sealing off a place to prevent goods or people from entering or leaving

Long Term Factors

Factors that build up violence and tension overtime

Short Term Factors

Factors that instantly start a war

The Union

The northern army that fought against the south during the Civil War

Yankees

The nickname for the Union states

Rebels

The nickname for the Confederate soldiers

The Anaconda Plan

The plan of Union soldiers that planned to cut off Confederate supplies and defeat the Confederacy

Cotton Diplomacy

Confederate strategy that wanted to cut off European cotton supply to get them involved in the war

Conscription

Drafting people to the army

Fort Sumter

A South Carolinian fort that hosted the first Civil War shots

Theaters of War

The “stage” where fighting or military events take place

Emancipation Proclamation

The proclamation that freed every enslaved person

Habeas Corpus

Protection against imprisonment that breaks the law (protection against illegal imprisonment)

Gettysburg Address

A speech (Abe Lincoln) that stated the reason for fighting+honored dead Union soldiers

54th Massachussetts Regiment

A Union regiment made up of only African-Americans

Andersonville Prison

Located in Georgia, it was the biggest military prison from the Civil War

Appomattox Courthouse

The location where Robert E. Lee surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant, officially ending the Civil War.

Abraham Lincoln

• President of Union

• Against slavery spreading

• Wanted U.S United

Ulysses S. Grant

• General for the Union

• The General for the Union during the Western Hemisphere

• Fought in Shiloh, Vicksburg, and Appomattox

William T. Sherman

• General for the Union

• Western Hemisphere (main theater)

• Fought in Shiloh, Vicksburg, March to Sea, and set fire to Atlanta

Jefferson Davis

• President of Confederacy

• Former Secretary of War

• Former Mississippi Senator

Robert E. Lee

• General for Confederacy

• Surrendered at Appomattox Courthouse

• Fought in Antietam, Gettysburg, and Appomattox

Thomas Jackson

• General for Confederacy

• Eastern Theater (main Theater)

• Fought in Bull Run, Antietam, Fredericksburg, and Chancellorsville