Emancipation Proclamation
- Issued after Battle of Antietam
-Changed the goal/vision of the Union
-Did not change lives of slaves in the South
Lincoln's goals as President
Preserve the Union
Lincoln's position on slavery
Slavery should not spread, it is morally and politically wrong
Dred Scott
The ruling allowed slave owners to take slaves to any state, regardless if they are free states or not
Vicksburg
Led by General Grant, Union victory that completed their "Anaconda Plan" strategy
Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson
Confederate General, Lee's "right hand man
Ulysses S Grant
Union General who negotiated the Confederate surrender at Appomattox Courthouse
Fort Sumter
First shots of the Civil War were fired here
Robert E Lee
Commanding General of the Confederate Army
Antietam
Bloodiest single day in the war
Habeas Corpus
Rights the accused are granted, were suspended by Lincoln
Anaconda Plan
Union's use of navy to blockade all ports to shut off South's trade
Total War
Sherman's plan of destroying everything in his path so the South could not use/reuse any of its resources
Appomattox Courthouse
Location of Confederate surrender, negotiations allowed Confederate soldiers to go home with supplies as long as they swore loyalty to Union
Slavery
Underlying cause for the sectional differences between the North and the South