Civil War – Flashcards

Abraham Lincoln's presidential election in 1860; Lincoln was anti-slavery and the South was scared he would get rid of slavery.

To bring the Union back together

The Emancipation Proclamation declared that Confederate slaves were free from slavery. He issued this so the British would stay out of the Civil War and so it also would motivate slaves to escape.

North included: more states, higher population, established government, taxation, and had currency. South included: excellent leaders (Robert E. Lee, Stonewall Jackson, Albert Sydney Johnston), they were fighting on their land, and were fighting for a reason (way of life).

• Fort Sumter - this battle was the official start of the war, more South states seceded, and West Virginia is formed. • Antietam - The defeat shocked the Union; they expected the Confederates to lose. Many people in the North thought the war would only last a few weeks. They were now faced with a more powerful Southern army than expected. This was the bloodiest single day of the war. Lincoln published the Emancipation Proclamation. • Gettysburg - Turning point of Civil War. Meade (Union) fails to chase retreating Lee. There were a lot more causalities. Confederates were winning but then the Union beat them in this battle. • Vicksburg - Confederacy surrenders, Confederates gets split after Union gets control over Mississippi river. The river is important for trade and transportation and is now lost by the Confederates • Sherman's March to the Sea - This limits Confederates supplies every more after Sherman and his soldiers burn everything in their way. This march brings fear to the South people. • Appomattox - Lee surrendered to Grant, ended the Civil War

The Battle of Gettysburg was considered the turning point of the Civil War because the Confederates were winning the war, but after the Union wins the Battle of Gettysburg, the war gets a little closer. The Union wins the war, so this battle must have been the motivation for the Union to keep fighting.

According to the Gettysburg Address, the purpose of the Civil War was to bring the North and South together and to continue to fight and win to honor the people who died in the Battle of Gettysburg. The main ideas include: all men are created equal and to remember the soldiers that have fallen during the Battle of Gettysburg.

The government was a union of people and not of states. He thinks the federal government was or important than state governments.

To bring the Union back together was Lincoln's original goal.

the nation cannot last if half of the country believes in slavery and the other doesn't. He believes that the nation has to stand together instead of go against one another.

Jefferson Davis

General Robert E. Lee

General Ulysses S. Grant

Slavery was the main piece of their economy

General Ulysses S. Grant

Clara Barton