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| Monroe Doctrine | Started by President James Monroe. Stated that the Western Hemisphere was off limits to European powers. During the Civil War, several European powers sought to test the policy since America was distracted by internal problems. |
| Fort Sumter | Federal Fort in Confederate territory. First shots of the Civil War fired here after Lincoln has food delivered. |
| Border States | Delaware, Kentucky, Maryland, and Missouri. All slave states that stayed in the Union due to Lincoln's political manueverings and methods that allowed them little choice. |
| Five Civilized Tribes | opted to support the Confederate cause. Cherokee, Chickasaw, Seminole, Chocotaw, and Creek Indian Tribes |
| Plains Indians | Threw their support to the Union only to later be removed from their lands and placed on reservations. |
| Confederate Strategy | Force the Union into a draw or stalemate. Outlast Union manpower, supplies, and morale. Then the Confederacy could just walk away. |
| Confederate Strengths | Military leaders are excellent. |
| Confederate Weaknesses | Economy stinks, transportation stinks, and manpower is limited. |
| England and France | Two European countries that stayed neutral to the great discomfort of the Confederacy who had hoped these European nations would ally themselves with the South and overpowering the Union. |
| Johnny Rebel | Nickname of the Confederate Solider. Known to be jocular, religious, bred to fight , and emotional. |
| Billy Yank | Nickname for the Union soldier. Known to be literate, intellectual, practical, efficient, disciplined, and determined. |
| Shared Traits of Soldiers on Both Sides | Former farmers, native born, 50% under the age of 22, and patriotic to the cause |
| Building An Army (Both Sides) | exempted the wealthy, high rate of desertion, relied mostly on volunteers, and used the draft |
| Disease | The greatest danger to both Confederate and Union soldiers. |
| Union Strengths | Manufacturing, economy, transportation, more banks, more people |
| Union Weakness | Military leadership was hit or miss by a long, long way. |
| Uncle Tom's Cabin | Novel considered to be the paper "blasts" of the Civil War. Convinces the European governments not to choose the Confederacy as their own people were agaisnt slavery. |
| British Politics | Stayed neutral because 1) surplus of cotton 2) English laborers supported the North 3) North sent captured cotton to England 4) North was supplying grain to England 5) alternative cotton supplies found in India and Egypt |
| Maximilian | Guy Napoleon III briefly placed on the Mexican throne until the US government threatened to use force against France. France abandons the idea and Maximilian was executed. |
| Secession | When a state leaves the Union. Confederate states leave the union based on the idea of state's rights over that of federal authority. Shot their own foot because this meant that Confederacy would never be a unified or strong if any state could leave or not obey a central authority. |
| Jefferson Davis | President of the Confederacy. Did not follow public opinion and weakened as a leader due to the fact that he was leading a bunch of states who didn't believe in a central authority. |
| Civil Liberties | Personal freedoms. Lincoln limited personal liberties, severely in some cases, during the war. |
| Suspension of Habeus Corpus | Used rarely by Davis, it was used extensively by Lincoln. A personal liberty that states that an individual cannot be taken from their home without a fair hearing in court and a chance to defend themself. Suspension of this right occurred during Lincoln's administration. |
| National Banking System | Developed by the Union. It was the first time that there was a unified banking system since 1836. It helped to soldify the Union's financial superiority after the war. |
| Commerce Raiders | Ships built in England for the Confederacy. These ships harassed and even took over Northern merchant ships to distrupt the flow of supplies for the Union army. Used by smaller armies that can not adequately fight larger navies. |
| Alabama | The most famous Confederate raider during the Civil War. |
| Trent Affair | Almost sent the US and England to war duing the Civil War. A union commander took two Confederates off the British ship, the Trent creating an international incident. England mad that the US removed the 2 and the US mad that England was transporting 2 Confederates! |
| Abraham Lincoln | Fair minded but suspended habeus corpus during the war. No military background but knew a bad general when he saw one. Had less trouble governing that Jefferson Davis because the US government was almost 100 years old. Davis on the other hand, was cobbling together a brand new, not unified government on a shoestring. |
