History Ap Chapter 15 Flashcards

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Confederate States of America

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formed after the South seceded from the Union and created their own nation which became this

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Cotton Kingdom

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the states in which produced the most cotton in the South and were the economic center for the SOuth as far as profit went

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Gettysburg Address

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a speech by U.S. President Abraham Lincoln and is one of the best-known speeches in United States history. It was delivered by Lincoln during the American Civil War

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“fire-eaters”

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a group of extremist pro-slavery politicians from the South who urged the separation of southern states into a new nation, which became known as the Confederate States of America.

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“peculiar institution”

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a euphemism for slavery and the economic ramifications of it in the American South. The meaning of "peculiar" in this expression is "one's own", that is, referring to something distinctive to or characteristic of a particular place or people.

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Robert Anderson

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was an American military leader. He served as a Union Army officer in the American Civil War, known for his command of Fort Sumter at the start of the war. He is often referred to as Major Robert Anderson, referring to his rank at Fort Sumter

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Winfield Scott

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Union general who came up with the anaconda plan, very influential general in the mexican-american war and the civil war

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Anaconda Plan

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plan created by Winfield Scott in which the Union planned to blockade the entire South and obtain the Mississippi River, then move into the Southern territory and destroy everything in its path after they destroyed all Southern ways to transport food and supplies

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Conscription

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meant draft, which was issued in the Civil War by Lincoln, however, u could buy your way out of the draft

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Crittenden Plan

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was an unsuccessful proposal by Kentucky Senator John J. Crittenden to resolve the U.S. secession crisis of 1860–1861 by addressing the concerns that led the states in the Deep South of the United States to contemplate secession from the United States.

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Ft. Sumter

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fort of the charleston bay in which the SOuth attacked and eventually caused the Union to surrender, thus beginning the civil war

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“Total War”

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concept in which the only way to win the war was to defeat the other sides will to fight

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Confederate Ordnance Bureau

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the government that the South created when they seceded from the Union, they tried to establish diplomatic relations etc.

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Josiah Gorgas

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was one of the few Northern-born Confederate generals and was later president of the University of Alabama

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Joseph Johnston

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was a career U.S. Army officer, serving with distinction in the Mexican-American War and Seminole Wars, and was also one of the most senior general officers in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War.

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PT Beauregard

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he was a confederate general in the civil war

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Braxton Bragg

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was a career United States Army officer, and then a general in the Confederate States Army—a principal commander in the Western Theater of the American Civil War and later the military adviser to Confederate President Jefferson Davis.

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Stonewall Jackson

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major general during the civil war for the confederacy and led many southern victories at the beginning of the war, including bull run

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Manassas (Bull Run)

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first major battle fought in the civil war in which the South won a decisive victory against the North

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Monitor and Merrimac

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was the most noted and arguably most important naval battle of the American Civil War from the standpoint of the development of navies.

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Battle of Seven Pines

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took place on May 31 and June 1, 1862, in Henrico County, Virginia, as part of the Peninsula Campaign of the American Civil War. It was the culmination of an offensive up the Virginia Peninsula

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Gettysburg

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most important battle of the civil war in which it was considered the turning point of the war because the North won and began to take over the South

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Jefferson Davis

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an American statesman and leader of the Confederacy during the American Civil War serving as President for its entire history

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George McClellan

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leading Union general who was fired and hired back twice by Lincoln but never managed to accomplish anything because he based everything off of a wait-and-see policy

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Robert E. Lee

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leading general on the Confederate side who fought at Gettysburg but lost and within two years, had lost the civil war

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Ulysses S Grant

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most influential Union general of the Civil War and later president of the United States

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King Cotton Diplomacy

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Confederate idea in which they attempted to gain the support of both France and Britain in the civil war

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Emancipation Proclamation

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Bill created by Lincoln in which slaves would be freed when Union armies had captured or gone through those Southern territories, and many of these freed slaves had joined the war on the Union side

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Enrollment Act of March 1863

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was legislation passed by the United States Congress during the American Civil War to provide fresh manpower for the Union Army. A form of conscription, the controversial act required the enrollment of every male citizen and those immigrants who had filed for citizenship between ages twenty and forty-five.

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Appomattox Courthouse

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area in which Lee surrendered his army to the Union, formally ended the Civil War fighting

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Trent Incident (and all those involved)

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an international diplomatic incident that occurred during the American Civil War. On November 8, 1861, the USS San Jacinto, commanded by Union Captain Charles Wilkes, intercepted the British mail packet Trent and removed, as contraband of war, two Confederate diplomats, James Mason and John Slidell. The envoys were bound for Great Britain and France to press the Confederacy’s case for diplomatic recognition by Europe

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13th Amendment

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passed by Lincoln in which slavery had formally became abolished

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Copperheads

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a vocal group of Democrats in the Northern United States (see also Union (American Civil War)) who opposed the American Civil War, wanting an immediate peace settlement with the Confederates.

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Clement Vallandigham

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was an Ohio resident of the Copperhead faction of anti-war Democrats during the American Civil War. He served two terms in the United States House of Representatives.

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New York Riot

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were violent disturbances in New York City that were the culmination of discontent with new laws passed by Congress to draft men to fight in the ongoing American Civil War. The riots were the largest civil insurrection in American history apart from the Civil War itself.

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Sherman’s March to the Sea

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march in which he burned everything to the ground that he passed along the way in the South except Savannah which was the only town not burned to the ground on his march to gain the territory all the way to the sea

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John Wilkes Booth

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the man who assassinated Abraham Lincoln and later died shortly after

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Antietam

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battle in which a single day becamew the bloodiest day in the entire Civil War

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Vicksburg

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long siege in which the Union had finally obtained and gained the power of the Mississippi River