U.s. History

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April 12, 1861

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Confederate forces opened fire on Fort Sumnter

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Progressivism

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Reform movement of the early 1900s concerned with curing problems of urbanization and industrialization.

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Progressive Party

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Bull Moose Party: reform party that ran Theodore Roosevelt for president in 1912.

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Plan that called for the Old Missouri Compromise line to be drawn west through the remaining territories.

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Crittenden Compromise

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Northern advantages over the South.

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1. Huge poulation
2. economic advantage (industry and resources).
3. railroad lines and manufacturing of railroad equipment.
4. U.S. Navy

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habeas corpus

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a protection against unlawful imprisonment.

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Two important advantages the South had over the North.

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1. Had to fight only a defensive war, protecting its territory until the union tired of the struggle.
2. South had excellent military leadership.

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war of attrition

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Union general Grant's Civil War strategy of fighting until the South ran out of men, supplies, and will.

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Northern Democrats who sympathized with the South, but did not actively interfere with the war efforts were known as?

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Copperheads

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Emancipation Proclamation

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Order announced by President Abraham Lincoln in 1862 that freed the slaves in areas rebelling against the Union; took effect January 1, 1863.

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Anaconda Plan

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Union plan during hte civil War for a naval blockade of the South; compared to an Anaconda snake.

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Significant of the First Battle of Bull Run

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Made both sides realize that the war would last longer than a few months. As a result, each side began to train its forces for batle and to plan strategy.

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First major battle of the Civil War

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First Battle of Bull Run or Battle of Manassas

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Battle of Shiloh

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The Civil War battle that resulted in greater Union control over the Mississippi River valley.

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Failed Confederate attack during the Battle of Gettysburg.

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Pickett's Charge

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Compulsory draft into military service.

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Conscription

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Battle of Gettysburg

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Union victory at Gettysburg, pennsylvania, during the Civil War that turned the tide against the Confederates; more than 40,000 soldiers died.

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Seige of Vicksburg

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Union army's blockade of Vicksburg, Mississippi, that led the city to surrender during the Civil War.

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When and where did Confedrate General Robert E. Lee surrendered to General Grant?

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Appomattox Courthouse, Virginia, April 9, 1865

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Speech given by President Abraham Lincoln to dedicate a cemetery at the Gettysburg, Virginia, battlefield; a classic statement of democratic ideals.

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Gettysburg Address

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Federal agency headed in part by Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell; it battled disease and infection among Union soldiers during the Civil War.

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U.S. Sanitary Commission