Civil War Terms for the United States - Union, Blue, Yankees, and the North. , Civil War Terms for the Confederate States of America - Confederacy, Gray, Rebels, and the South.  , Anaconda Plan - Union Civil War plan to blockade all Southern ports and gain control of the Mississippi River to shut down exports and stop their ability to pay for war. , Naval Blockade - Use of military ships to block the waterways around port cities to stop imports and exports and the ability to make money. , Firing on Fort Sumter - Southern artillery bombarded Union troops in the fort who had refused to leave. Beginning of the American Civil War. , General Ulysses S. Grant - General-in-chief of the Union Army during the Civil War concentrated on Sherman’s march through Georgia and his own assault on the Confederate army in Virginia., General Robert E. Lee - Turns down Lincoln's Army leadership offer and joins the Confederacy to command the Army of Northern Virginia.  , Confederate States of America - 11 States that left the Union and formed their own country after the election of Abraham Lincoln in 1860., Abraham Lincoln's 1st Inaugural Address - 1. Would not abolish slavery. 2. Must preserve the Union. 3. Unconstitutional for South to secede., Jefferson Davis' Inaugural Address - South's secession was similar to the American Revolution and necessary due to Northern oppression. , Abraham Lincoln's 2nd Inaugural Address - 1. Slavery must be ended. 2. Must fight for peace and the Union. 3. Government was under attack by its enemies., Battle of Antietam 1862 - First Civil War battle in the North, Sharpsburg, Maryland, bloodiest one-day battle in American history (23,000 casualties); Union victory when Lee withdrew to Virginia., Emancipation Proclamation - Changed the nature of the war from preserving the Union to freeing all slaves.., Battle of Gettysburg 1863 - Turning point of the Civil War; Lee’s invasion of northern territory was repelled; South was no longer capable of an attacking on Union territory. , Battle of Vicksburg 1863 - The North captured this strategic city to gain control of the Mississippi River and divided the southern states in half.  , Appomattox Courthouse- Lee's Surrender 1865 - End of the Civil War as Lee surrendered the Confederate forces of Virginia to Grant., Congressional Medal of Honor - Highest and most prestigious military award for American military members who have distinguished themselves by acts of valor., William Carney - 54th Massachusetts black regiment member that was recognized for bravery in battle with the Congressional Medal of Honor.  , Phillip Bazaar  - Union Navy member that was recognized with the Congressional Medal of Honor for bravery in attack on Fort Fisher.  ,

Unit #9: (A) 8th Grade U.S. History- (A) Civil War

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