Terms
Border states – Missouri, Kentucky, Maryland, and Delaware; were slave
states that joined the Union
Fort Sumter – Battle for control of Fort Sumter began the Civil War
Confederacy (Confederates)- Southern states
Union – Northern States
Cotton diplomacy – Belief by the Confederacy that Britain would support
the South because it needed the raw cotton
First Battle of Bull Run – won by the Confederates; ended the Union’s hope
of winning the war quickly and easily
Manassas – Another name for Battle of Bull Run
Second Battle of Bull Run – Confederacy won; forced Union troops to
retreat
Antietam–Union victory; Bloodiest of any one day battle in US History
Blockade – Union tried to block the Southern ports so that no supplies or
trading could take place; hard to do because of the thousands of miles
of Southern coastline; blockade was mostly successful
Ironclad – ships that had thick metal plates attached to them
Battle of Shiloh – Union victory; gave the Union more control of the
Mississippi River valley
Siege of Vicksburg – Union victory; gave Union total control of the
Mississippi River
Abolition- getting rid of slavery
Emancipation Proclamation – issued by President Lincoln that freed all
Confederate slaves
54th Massachusetts Infantry – African American unit in the Civil War that
played an important part in the attack of Fort Wagner in South
Carolina
Women’s role during Civil War – women provided medical care and
wrapped bandages
Gettysburg Address – given by President Lincoln after the Battle of
Gettysburg to praise the troops and to remind Americans why the war
was being fought
Atlanta – Union captured Atlanta which convinced voters that the North was
making progress in the war
Appomattox Courthouse – place of surrender by General Robert E Lee
Because the Union had surrounded his troops and they were out of
supplies
People
Abraham Lincoln – President of the US during the Civil War
Jefferson Davis – President of the Confederacy
Winfield Scott – developed the Union strategy for the Civil War; destroy the
South’s economy with a blockade and get control of the Mississippi
River
General William Sherman – developed strategy of total war – destroy all
civilian and military resources
General McClellan – Union general who suffered defeat to the Confederacy
General Burnside – Union general who suffered defeat to the Confederacy
General Hooker – Union General who suffered defeat to the Confederacy
Robert E. Lee – Confederate military leader; eventually surrenders for the
Confederacy at Appomattox Court House
Ulysses S. Grant – Union general who led battles of Shiloh and Vicksburg;
both Union victories; later becomes U.S. President.