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Civil War
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Cotton Diplomacy
Idea that the trade of goods of the Confederate States and Europe was vital to both economies -
President Lincoln Elected President
November 6th. South did not like Lincoln and his ideas about the abolition of slavery -
Jefferson Davis
Elected President of the Confederate States of America -
Border States
Border states between the Confederacy and the Union. They did secede after the Battle of Fort Sumter -
Battle of Fort Sumter
Confederate army attacks the union occupied Fort Sumter near Charleston -
Robert Anderson
Union General at Fort Sumter -
Anaconda Plan
A plan to effectively "suffocate" the Confederacy by blockading the coast of the South, including the Mississippi River and the Ohio River -
First Bull Run
First major land battle of the Civil War. Made the Civil War a reality to most people -
Stonewall Jackson
Confederate General. Got his nickname "Stonewall" Jackson during the first Batttle of Bull Run -
George McClellan
became General in Chief of the Union army -
Robert E. Lee
In early 1861, Lincoln offered Lee the command of the Union Army. He declined, and took control of the Confederate Army against the Union -
Peninsula Campaign
McClellans campaign to capture Richmond. Failed -
Conscription
Confederate Draft of Soldiers -
Freedmen
As union troops advanced further south, the slaves on land capture were freed. -
Antietam
Single most Casualties in a single day during the Civil War -
Emancipation Proclamation
Freed all slaves -
Vicksburg
Ulysses Grant's capture of the city of Vicksburg. Gave the Union control of the Mississippi River -
Battle of Gettysburg
Worst battle. Most casualties in one battle over the entire length of the war -
George Meade
Commander in Chief of the Union Army at Gettysburg -
James Longstreet
Confederate commander under Lee at Gettysburg -
Pickett's Charge
Brutal Massacre of Confederate troops on the final day of Gettysburg -
Martial Law
Lincoln's order of Martial Law during war time -
Ulysses S. Grant
Victorious in the Chattanooga Campaign. Becomes Commander in Chief until end of the war -
Sherman's March
March to Savannah, Georgia by the Union Army to surround Richmond -
Appomattox Courthouse
Where Robert E Lee surrenders to Ulysses S Grant -
Thirteenth Amendment
Made Slavery illegal in the United States of America, including the South