Civil War Review

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  1. 4. She was a Confederate nurse who ran a hospital in Richmond, Virginia during the Civil War
  2. 8. Northerners who opposed the Civil War and sympathized with the South
  3. 9. a failed confederate attack during the Civil War led by general George Pickett at the Battle of Gettysburg.
  4. 12. General of Union forces. In 1864, he took control of all the Union forces. He was tough and ruthless.
  5. 14. location of the first battle of the Civil War in April 1861
  6. 18. A 3-minute address by Abraham Lincoln during the American Civil War (November 19, 1963) at the dedication of a national cemetery on the site of the Battle of Gettysburg. Defended the ideas of democracy, liberty, and equality
  7. 20. military blockade or bombardment of an enemy town or position in order to force it to surrender
  8. 21. She was a civil rights activist on behalf of mentally ill patients - created the first wave of US mental asylums
  9. 23. Issued by Abraham Lincoln on September 22, 1862 it declared that all slaves in the confederate states would be free
  10. 29. food made out of flour and water
  11. 30. States on the border between the North and South. These states stayed in the Union but allowed slavery. Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky, and Missouri
  12. 32. Grant's plan to end the war. He ordered his generals to destroy food, equipment, and anything else might be useful to the enemy.
  13. 34. First African American Regiment. They successfully defended Fort Wagner.
  14. 35. A Lawyer from Illinois who was well liked by the people. He was a Republican and won the presidential race in 1860. Leader of the United States of America from 1860-1865. Assassinated at the beginning of his second term as president.
  15. 36. this three day battle was the bloodiest of the entire Civil War, ended in a Union victory, and is considered the turning point of the war
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  1. 1. Started in 1854. Made up of a mix of Free-Soilers, Northern Democrats, and anti-slavery whigs. They believed that their individual parties were not taking a strong enough stance against slavery. Like the Free-Soilers, its main goal was to keep slavery out of the western territories. Only some, wanted the complete end to slavery.
  2. 2. Slavery and states' rights
  3. 3. opponents of the Union
  4. 5. On April 9, 1865 General Lee surrendered herein Virginia. The Union had won and the United States of America was preserved.
  5. 6. 5 parts: (1) California admitted as free state, (2) territorial status and popular sovereignty of Utah and New Mexico, (3) resolution of Texas-New Mexico boundaries, (4) slave trade abolished in DC, and (5) new fugitive slave law; advocated by Henry Clay and Stephen A. Douglas
  6. 7. Said that if Maine joined as a free state then Missouri could be a slave state. Also, a line was drawn at latitude 36°30' N. Slavery was allowed the Louisiana territory South of the line. It was banned north of the line. Missouri was the exception.
  7. 10. Confederate general who was the commander of the Confederate Army from 1862-1865. He was a brilliant military leader and strategist. It is believed that the Confederates did so well because of him
  8. 11. the leader of the Confederates or the Confederate States of America
  9. 13. Other names for this: The Union, the Yankees, the Federals, the Blue
  10. 15. To leave or withdraw
  11. 16. Civil War battle in which the North succeeded in halting Lee's Confederate forces in Maryland. Was the bloodiest battle of the war resulting in over 23,000 casualties
  12. 17. A slave who had lived with his master for 5 years in Illinois and Wisconsin Territory. Backed by interested abolitionists, he sued for freedom on the basis of his long residence on free soil. The ruling on the case was that He was a black slave and not a citizen, so he had no rights.
  13. 19. A devastating total war military campaign. It was led by Union general William Tecumseh Sherman It involved marching 60,000 union troops through Georgia from Atlanta to Savannah and destroying everything along their way.
  14. 22. Supreme Court ruling that declared slaves were not viewed as citizens but as property. Also the federal gov had no right deciding on the issue of slavery in the states.
  15. 24. were some of the only ways to communicate with home and they could take weeks or months to get places.
  16. 25. 1st major battle, proved war was going to be long and costly; This is where General Jackson received his nickname "Stonewall." Confederates won the battle.
  17. 26. She was nurse during the Civil War; founder of the American Red Cross
  18. 27. The is was passed in 1863 by Congress this made it a requirement for every man aged 20 to 45 to fight if their number was called. You could pay $300 dollars to get out of fighting or could hire someone to serve in your place.
  19. 28. She was an abolitionist and feminist who was freed from slavery and became a leading advocate of the abolition of slavery and for the rights of women (1797-1883)
  20. 31. One of the main jobs women had during the war (used to be considered a man's job before the war)
  21. 33. 1863 Union army's blockade of Vicksburg, Mississippi, that led the city to surrender during the Civil War