Mohan Chapter 11

One effect of the Emancipation Proclamation was that it

gave a moral purpose to the war.

___ helped Lincoln win reelection in 1864.

Union Victories in south

Because it was one of only two confederate holdouts preventing the union from taking complete control of the Mississippi River, Grant focused on capturing ___?

Vicksburg

With the fall of this city on July 4, 1863, the Union split the Confederacy in two.

Vicksburg

Union commander who burned a path of destruction through the south on his "March to the Sea"

William Tecumseh Sherman

Sherman's strategy of total war targeted not only the Confederate army but also ___?

the civilian population of the south

The Union's three-part plan to conquer the south?

1. Blockading Southern Ports 2. Capturing the Confederate Capital 3. Splitting the Confederacy in two NOT DRAFTING FREED SLAVES TO FIGHT FOR THE UNION

Republican who won the presidency in 1860 with only 40% of the popular vote

Abraham Lincoln

This northern strategy called for a three-part assault on the Confederacy.

Anaconda Plan

This battle, with over 26,000 causalities, was the bloodiest single-day battle in U.S. History

Antietam

Lee surrendered his Army of Northern Virginia here.

Appomattox Court House

This marked the first battle between the Army of Northern Virginia and the Army of the Potomac.

Bull Run

This confederate victory was costly when stonewall Jackson was accidentally shot by his own troops

Chancellorsville

Union nurse who cared for the sick and wounded on the front lines.

Clara Barton

This was a draft that forced men to serve in the army.

Conscription

These were Northerners who were sympathetic to the Southern cause.

Copperheads

Union admiral who seized New Orleans, Baton Rouge, and Natchez

David G. Farragut

The first shots of the civil war were fired when Jefferson Davis decided that the war should begin here.

Fort Sumter

Union general who was eventually fired by Lincoln for having the "slows"

George McClellan

This three day battle in July, 1863, marked Lee's first decisive loss of the war.

Gettysburg

This is a court order requiring authorities to bring a person held in jail before a court to read the charges against them.

Habeus Corpus

Why was David Farragut's victory in April 1862 so important.

It advanced the Union plan to split the Confederacy along the Mississippi River.

President of the Confederacy

Jefferson Davis

Southern sympathizer and actor who assassinated President Lincoln.

John Wilkes Booth

In which area did the south have an advantage over the North in the Civil War.

Military leadership

Confederate commander who opposed secession but sided with his beloved state of Virginia and commanded the Army of Northern Virginia.

Robert E. Lee

This battle, where Grant almost lost his western army, taught both sides about the necessity of sending out scout and building fortifications.

Shiloh

Confecerate general, known for holding up well under stressful battle conditions, was responsible for the Confederate victory at the First Battle of Bull Run

Stonewall Jackson

What was the stated aim of the Emancipation Proclamation?

TO free slaves behind Confederate lines

Which of the following abolished slavery in the north?

The Thirteenth Amendment

Why is the Battle of Getty s burg considered a turning point in the civil war?

The south could not recover from its losses in soldiers.

When the Civil War began, what was Abraham Lincoln's main goal?

To restore the union

Hero at Vicksburg who was named commander of the Army of the Potomac in 1864

Ulysses S. Grant

Lincoln suspended ___ to deal with dissent in the Union States.

the writ of habeas corpus