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18 Cards in this Set
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Cotton Diplomacy |
Condederate efforts to use the importance of southern cotton to Britain's textile industry to persuade the British to support the Confederacy in the Civil War. |
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The First Battle of Bull Run |
The first major battle of the Civil War,and the Confederates victory. The battle is also known as the First Battle of Manassas. It shattered the North's hopes of winning the way quickly. year; july 21, 1861 where; virginia who; mcdowell |
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Battle of Antietam |
bloodiest single-day battle of the Civil War and of U.S. history. Date- September 1862 Location- Maryland Leadership- Robert E. Lee and McClellan Victor- Union |
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Siege of Vicksburg |
the Union army's six week blockade of Vicksburg that led the city to surrender during the Civil War. when; May 18, 1863 who; pemberton and ulysses s grant |
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Emancipation Proclamation |
(1862) an order issued by President Abraham Lincoln freeing the slaves in areas rebelling against the Union; took effect January 1 |
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Habeas Corpus |
the constitutional protection against unlawful imprisonment. |
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Battle of Gettysburg |
(1863) a Union Civil War victory that turned the tide against the Confederates at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. |
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Gettysburg Address |
(1863) a speech given by Abraham Lincoln in which he praised the bravery of Union soldiers and renewed his commitment to winning the Civil War. |
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Fort Sumpter |
a federal outpost in Charleston, South Carolina, that was attacked by Confederate troops, beginning the Civil War. |
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Border States |
Wedged between the North and the South were Delaware, Kentucky, Maryland, and Missouri-slave states that did not join the Confederacy. |
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Jefferson Davis |
Delegates from seceded states elected... of Mississippi as president of the Condederacy. This person hoped to be the commanding general of Mississippi's troops. |
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Second Battle of Bull Run |
Jackson's troops met Pope's Union forces on the battlefield in August in 1862. the three day battle became known as the Second Battle of Manassas. |
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Robert E. Lee |
A graduate of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, served in the Mexican War and had led federal troops at Harpers Ferry |
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Ironclads |
ships heavily armored with iron. |
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Battle of Shiloh |
The Union army gained greater control of the Mississippi River valley. |
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Ulysses S. Grant |
Commanding General, Grant worked closely with President Abraham Lincoln to lead the Union Army to victory over the Confederacy in the American Civil War
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Contrabands |
escaped slaves |
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54th Massachusetts Infantry |
Consisted mostly of free African Americans. In July 1863 this regiment led a heroic charge on South Carolina's Fort Wagner. |
