Chapter 15 Flashcards
On April 12, 1861 the confederate president Jefferson davis ordered the bombardment of the fort
attack on fort sumter
border states
Delaware, Maryland, kentucky, Missouri
the __________… was the North’s first victory of the war
border states loyalty to the union
defensive strategy
stay at home and repel invasion, avoid battles that risk annihilation, outlast the north
the eastern theater:
goal:
-army of the Potomac vs. army of northern virginia
-capture and defend richmond
it was the bloodiest single day battle in American history
battle of antietam
his problems and the issue of slavery
-whites were not going to risk lives
-doesn’t want to lose border states
-doesn’t want to alienate the democratic party
this created a national currency
legal tender act
established a system of national banks
national banking act
established a more efficient manor of collecting taxes
internal revenue act
designed to bolster western loyalty by offering 160 acres of public land to settlers
homestead act
provided massive federal assistance for building their transcontinental railroad
pacific railroad act
14,000 imprisoned mostly border states, many w/out charges being brought
habeas corpus
set aside public land to support universities that emphasized agriculture and mechanical acts
land grant college act
anti war northern democracts
copperheads
draftees could hire a substitute for
$300.00
fall of Vicksburg efficiently
cut the south in half
abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg address
-Invoked the principle of human equality espoused by the declaration of independence
-redefined the civil war as a struggle not merely for the union but as “a new birth of freedom” that would bring true equality to all of its citizens
-ensure that the democracy would remain a viable form of government
pros of this strategy
-broke the will of southern people
-made it impossible for the south to keep fighting
-led to massive desertion from confederate army
cons of this strategy
-destroyed half of the southern livestock
-wrecked half of the southern farm machinery
-heavily damaged dozens of southern cities and towns
democrats nominate
George B. McCellan
on April 9, 1865 Robert E. Lee surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant
Appomattox courthouse
shoots Abraham Lincoln at fords theater
John Wilkes booth
