The Civil War Flashcards
Ulysses S. Grant
Union Commander
Won first major battle for Union
Jefferson Davis
President of the Confederacy
Disagreeable; more of a soldier than a political leader
Robert E. Lee
Confederate Commander
Part of greatest command structure
William Clarke Quantrill
Pro-Slave Missourian
Led a raid in Kansas killing 200 men and boys in revenge of the 4 women killed and many more injured
William T. Sherman
A general in the Union army
Destroyed the willingness of the Confederate to fight in Sherman’s March to the Sea
Tried a new type of fighting called Total War
How did the Civil War affect the economies of both sides?
Both economies were ruined, especially the South
The South lost a lot of money and their main way of making money, cotton farming because most farms were burnt and they lost a labor source
Antietam
Confederates were the aggressor
Their goal was to defeat the Union in their own territory, threaten Washington, and draw the British and French into the war
The Confederates failed at their goal.
Vicksburg
Union was the aggressor
Their goal was to take Vicksburg and gain control of the Mississippi River
Was the major turning point in the west
The Union succeeded at their goal
The burning of Lawrence
On August 21, 1863 William Clarke Quantrill led a raid killing 200 men and boys in revenge for the 4 women killed and many more injured
The Emancipation Proclamation
After the victory at Antiedam, Lincoln issued The Emancipation Proclamation
This freed all the slaves in the “Territory in Rebellion”, so it did not free anybody at first
Slaves would be freed as the Union advanced
Prevented the British and French from joining the war
Jayhawkers
Anti-slavery Kansans that conducted raids into Missouri and on Pro-slave Kansans
Bushwhackers
Pro-slave Missourians that raided antislavery settlements in Kansas
