keith civil war Flashcards
jefferson davis
president for CS
causes of civil war
slavery, states rights, keep nation together/apart
arguments for slavey
should be able to decide if they want to own them or not, also said factory life wasn’t much better
arguments against slavery
said have rights, treat them unfairly, need to get paid
significance of 1st bull run
gave CS hope and a good start
Anaconda plan
cut cs in half, blockade, get richmond
confed. plan
fight battle of attrition, capture D.C./Lincoln, allies
battle of antietam
first major battle on union soil with 22k deaths- britain & france didn’t acknowledge cs
54th MA regiment
most famous black regiment that fought at ft. wagner
Battle of chancellorsville
VA battle where stonewall jackson was killed, but was a confed. victory
battle of gettysburg
huge battle with lots of deaths, but proved union could defend themselves.
Abraham lincoln
US president assassinated by Booth.
george b mclellan
“turtle” wanted to make Lincoln look bad, so lost battles
iron clad warships
ships that were used by confed & US. ships that were covered in iron
emancipation proclamation
said all slaves were freed in the south
Appomattox courthouse
where lee surrendered to grant
Sherman’s march to the sea
campaign from ATL to Savannah = total war= destruction
battle of fort sumter
battle in Charleston, SC that started Civil war
Robert E lee
confederate general wanted by both sides
Ulysses s grant
most prominent general for the US
William Tecumseh sherman
famous for sherman’s march to the sea for union
Fredrick douglass
former slave and was an abolitionist
john brown/harper’s ferry raid
october 1859 raid for weapons, but slaves didn’t come bcuz masters warned them of what would happen
popular sovereignty/bleeding kansas
decided kansas should vote for slavery or not= fighting breaks out
andersonville
ga prison camp where soldiers were starved and killed by confederates
JOhn wilkes booth
killed lincoln at fords theater. did it thinking he would be a hero for the south. except he wasn’t
