Chapter 20 Flashcards
How did Lincoln provoke the South to shoot first at Fort Sumter?
He sent “provisions” to the fort, not “reinforcements”
The South Carolinians saw these provisions as an offensive move and they shot down the US boat that was bringing the provisions
When were the first shots of the war fired?
April 12, 1861
Fort Sumter
What was one of the first military advancements of the Union?
The Naval Blockade of Southern Ports
This was crucial in winning the war
What did Lincoln do in Maryland?
He declared martial law and sent in troops to guarantee that this state did not cut off the North from Washington, DC
Why did Lincoln never want to act too quickly regarding slavery?
He did not want to loose the border states
What was Lincoln’s main purpose?
To save the Union at all costs
Who did the Indians side with?
Many plain indians, like the Cherokee, sided with the Confederacy since they also owned slaves
Native Americans were invited to the Confederate Congress and in return tribes fought for the Confederacy
Mountain Whites
Many Southerners that lived in the mountains believed in the Northern cause and sent troops to the North
Southerners fighting in the North
What was most of the Confederacy’s lack of food caused by?
Although they could grow it, they could not transport it to the troops because they had weak railroad lines
Who was more equipped to fight, the Southern Boy or the Northern Yankee?
The Southern Boy
They were accustomed to managing horses and shooting a gun
The Northern Yankees were more used to being shopkeepers and merchants
Did immigrants fight in the war?
Yes
Many Irish, British, and German immigrants were enticed to enlist in the Union army
Why did the British not openly support the South?
The masses did not want to, even though the elite did
They already had surpluses of cotton (not reliant on King Cotton)
They needed the grain from the North
The Trent Affair
A Union warship stopped a British boat
On the boat they removed two Confederate diplomats going to Europe
The British were offended that their boat was invaded
How did Lincoln resolve the Trent Affair?
He basically said to let it go
“One war at a time”
The Alabama
The British were building a Confederate ship
It fought for the Confederates but was manned by the British
It captured a lot of merchant vessels
Eventually a Union ship destroyed it
Charles Frances Adams
American minister to the British
He used a hard-line approach to get the British to stop building ships for the Confederates
In the end, the British pay for damages done to American warships during the war
