Unit 10 Civil War Vocabulary

An alliance formed for a common purpose. Referred to as the southern states that are no longer part of the Union. South Carolina was the 1st state to secede after Lincoln won the election of 1860.

• Republic

• Confederacy

• Communism

• Socialism

Withdrawal from a state or union. No longer part of. Confederacy and southern states like South Carolina would be an example

• juncture

• consolidate

• secession

• embody

President Lincoln was a great leader, nearly all naval power and shipyards, manufacturing centers, vast network of telegraph, & more railroads, canals, ports and roads. These were all examples of?

• strengths of the Union

• strengths of the Confederacy

• weaknesses of the Union

• strengths and weaknesses of the Union

Knew the geography/terrain, General Robert E. Lee, defensive war (most of fighting occurs in this region), & had a reason/motivation to fight. These were all examples of.

• strengths of the Union

• strengths of the Confederacy

• weaknesses of the Confederacy

• strengths of the west

Goal was to bring back the South/Confederacy to the Union with these 3 strategies by Winfried Scott: blockade of Southern ports (especially New Orleans), control the Mississippi River (split/cut the Confederacy into 2), & capture Richmond.

• Black Momba Plan

• Pit Bull Plan

• Cobra Plan

• Anaconda Plan

This group was in a defensive position wanting their independence while maintaining their way of life. Hoped King Cotton would bring foreign aid; hoping that Britain or France would join their side. This group also had an advantage with General Robert E. Lee

• strategies of the Confederacy

• strategies of the Union

• strategies of the Democratic Party

• strategies of the border states

This was needed because of the demand for more soldiers. Riots broke out in New York City protesting the required law to sign up for service. Rioters attacked abolitionists, and burned an orphanage.

• lottery

• draft

• economic donations

• war bonds

His famous speech was the Gettysburg Address, issued the Emancipation Proclamation, 16th president (also during the Civil War 1861-1865), & assassinated before the passing of the 13th Amendment.

• Jefferson Davis

• Abraham Lincoln

• Ulysses S. Grant

• Stonewall Jackson

First and only president of the Confederate States of america

• Robert E. Lee

• Stephen A. Douglass

• Stonewall Jackson

• Jefferson Davis

With the victory at Vicksburg, Lincoln named this individual commander of the Union Army, and accepted Robert E. Lee's surrender at Appomattox Courthouse Virginia ending the Civil War in 1865.

• Ulysses S. Grant

• William T. Sherman

• john C. Calhoun

• Daniel Webster