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CIVIL WAR 1861-1865
Terms
Election of 1860 – When Lincoln was elected Southern
secession started because Southerners feared Lincoln would end
slavery.
Secession – to withdraw from the Union. S.C. was first to
secede
Fort Sumter, S.C. – opening confrontation to the Civil War
Antietam – after Union victory the emancipation proclamation
was issued. Bloodiest single day 23,000 dead.
Emancipation Proclamation
 freed slaves located in “rebelling” states. Southern
seceded states
 made the abolition of slavery a Northern war aim
 discouraged any interference from foreign
governments
 allowed for the enlistment of African American
soldiers in the Union army
Battle of Gettysburg – PA, turning point of the Civil War
because it was the last time the South invaded the North.
Gettysburg Address
 described the Civil War as a struggle to preserve a nation
dedicated to the proposition that “all men are created equal”
and that was ruled by a government “of the people, by the
people, and for the people”
 believed America was “one nation” not a collection of
sovereign states. Southerners believed that states had freely
joined the union and could freely leave.
Appomattox Va.– site of Lee’s surrender to Grant
Abraham Lincoln – President of U.S. during the Civil
War who insisted that the Union be held together by
force if necessary. Lincoln believed the Civil War was
fought to fulfill a promise of the Declaration of
Independence and was a “Second American
Revolution”
Jefferson Davis – Senator from Mississippi who became
President of the Confederate States of America
Ulysses S. Grant – Union military commander who won
several victories after several Union commanders had failed
Robert E Lee – Confederate General of the Army of
Northern Virginia, Lee opposed secession, but did not
believe the Union should be held together by force. After
Appomattox, he urged Southerners to accept defeat and unite
as Americans again
Frederick Douglass – former slave who became a prominent
abolitionist and urged Lincoln to recruit former slaves to fight
in the Union army