| A | B |
|---|
| Fort Sumter | fort that was attacked by Confederate troops starting the Civil War |
| border states | slave states that did not join the Confederacy; Delaware, Kentucky, Maryland, Missouri |
| Winfield Scott | Union general that developed the strategy to destroy south economy and gain control Miss. river |
| cotton diplomacy | Britian would help Confederates because needed supply of cotton :( |
| First Battle of Bull Run | first major battle of Civil War; Confed. victory-north hopes of winning shattered |
| Robert E. Lee | Confed. general took risks and was unpredictable |
| Seven Days Battle | forced Union army to retreat from capital of Richmond |
| Second Battle of Bull Run | Confed. win and Lee decides to take army up North |
| Battle of Antietam | bloodiest single day battle; Union wins battle |
| ironclads | ships heavily armored with iron |
| Anaconda Plan | North's plan to cut off supplies to south through naval blockades |
| Ulysses S. Grant | Union general requested by Lincoln |
| Battle of Shiloh | Union army gains control of the Miss. River valley |
| Siege of Vicksburg | Grant cuts off the city and starved citizens Confed. surrender |
| emancipation | freeing of slaves |
| Emancipation Proclamation | order written by lincoln that would free slaves in rebellion states |
| contrabands | escaped slaves |
| 54th Massachusetts Infantry | consisted of mainly free African Americans that led a heroic fight in S. Carolina |
| Copperheads | midwesterners that sympathesized with the South and opposed abolition |
| Habeas corpus | constitutional protection against unlawful imprisonment |
| Clara Barton | organized collection of medicine and supplies for delivery to battlefield |
| Battle of Gettysburg | key battle that finally turned the tide against the Confederates |
| Gettysburg Address | Lincoln's speech in which he praised soldiers and renewed committment to win the war |
| William Tecumseh Sherman | planned to destroy Southern railroads and industry |
| total war | destroy civilian and economic resources |
| Appomattox Courthouse | where Lee surrendered to Grant and ended the Civil War |
