Civil War Vocab

The location where Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee surrendered to Union Gen. Grant

Union commander who practiced total war tactics destroying civilian homes and livestock

Lincoln's famous speech that attempted to bring the country back together after the battle at Gettysburg

Union victory that gave them control of the Mississippi River

Three day battle which would be the turing point in the war and from which the South would not recover

The worst Confederate prison where prisoners had no shelter form the weather.

Union nurse who often cared for the sick and wounded at the frount lines

In Tennessee in 1864, Confederate troops killed over 200 African-American prisoners

A draft that would force cdertain members of the population to serve in the army

court order that requires authorites to bring a personheld in jail before the court to determine why he or she is being jailed. Lincoln suspended this right during the war and held Confederate sympathizers in jail without trial.

Lincoln's decloration freeing the slaves in the occupied territories. It gave a high moral purpose for the war

The single bloodiest DAY battle in American history where the casulty total exceeded 26,000

Confederate General who will surrender to Grant at Appomatox Court House

The South's ironclad (iron plated) ship

The North's ironclad (iron plated) ship which sunk off the coast of Virginia in 1861

Civil War battle in Tennessee that taught both sides that the war was going to be long and bloody. It also showed that the Union strategy to split the Confederacy might work

General of the Union Army who will eventually defeat the Confederate army

General of the Union Army at the start of the war. He will be fired by Lincoln several times during the war

Confederate general who inspired the Confederate soldiers to defeat the Union at Bull Run where he earned the nickname "Stonewall"

First major battle of the war that took place 25 miles near Washington, D.C. in which the Confederacy forced the Union troops to retreat to the capital

Union war plan to blockade southern ports and split the Confederacy in two

First battle of the Civil War

President of the Confederacy

The Southern states that suceded from the Union formed this

Federal Arsenal where John Brown led a slave uprising

16th President of the United States

Slave who sued for his freedom, but was denied by the Supreme Court

New political party that formed as an opposition to the spread of slavery

The violence that erupted when pro slavery and anti-slavery forces met in the Kansas territory

An abolitionist who pulled pro-slavery advocates from their beds and killed them in an attact known as the Pottawatomie Massacre

Law of Congress that divided the Kansas Nebraska territory into two parts and allowed popular sovereignty in regards to the issue of slavery

author of the book "Uncle Tom's cabin"

Most famous conductor of the Underground Railroad who made several trips back to the south to free slaves

A secrect network that directed runnaways slaves toward freedom in the North

Law that required northerners to assist in the capture and trial of suspected runnaway slaves

Senator of Illinois who helped pass the Compromise of 1850 and debated the issue of slavery with Abraham Lincoln in a series of famous debates

The right of residents of a territory to vote for or against slavery

Compromise that admitted California as a free state, banned the slave trade in the District of Columbia, and strengthened the Fugitive Slave Act

Bill in Congress that would make California and territories acquired from Mexico closed to slavery forever