Goals of the Confederate States of America:
Secession from the Union
Preservation of slavery
Union Advantages/Disadvantages:
Advantages: Larger population, industrialized economy
Disadvantages: Leadership issues
Unknown, unfamiliar terrain
Confederate Advantages/Disadvantages:
Advantages: Strong military tradition, defensive war
Disadvantages: Smaller population, lack of resources
Uncle Tom's Cabin: Anti-slavery novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe
Anaconda Plan: Union's strategy to blockade the South
Battle of Gettysburg: Turning point in the war, Union victory
Battle of Bull Run: First major battle of the war, Confederate victory
Battle of Vicksburg: Union victory, split the Confederacy
Battle of Antietam: Bloodiest single-day battle in American history
Emancipation Proclamation: Freed slaves in Confederate states
African American Soldiers: Served in Union army, faced discrimination
Draft and Draft Riots: Conscription implemented, riots in NYC
Sherman’s March to the Sea: Union army's destructive campaign
Reconstruction: Period after the Civil War to rebuild the South
13th Amendment: Abolished slavery
14th Amendment: Granted citizenship and equal protection under the law
15th Amendment: Gave African American men the right to vote (voting is no longer restricted by race)
Sharecropping: System where freedmen worked land in exchange for a share of crops and housing
Freedmen’s Bureau: Provided assistance to freed slaves
Black Codes: Laws restricting African American rights
Frederick Douglass: Prominent abolitionist and writer (black)
Assassination of Lincoln and its effect on Reconstruction: Led to more liberal policies toward the South with the administration of President Johnson
Civil Rights Act 1866: Granted citizenship and equal rights to all born in the U.S.
Compromise of 1877: Ended Reconstruction, removed federal troops from the South