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Civil War Timeline 1860 1861 ____________ Elected in November 1860 South _____________ seceded in December- followed by Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, Louisiana and Texas February - _______________ States of America formed; _________________ chosen as President of the Confederacy ________________, South Carolina- first shots fired and war begins Virginia, Tennessee, North Carolina and Arkansas join Confederacy Slave States remaining in the Union (North) – Missouri, Kentucky, Maryland Delaware, and ________________________ (western counties of Virginia that broke away when Virginia seceded) are known as ______________ States. _____________ chosen as the leader of the Confederate Army Anaconda Plan- ________________ strategy to win the war by cutting off the south from _____________ and ____________from other countries. Strategy of the South: fight a ___________________ war (home turf) North- also known as ____________, _____________, the Blue South- also known as _____________, Johnny Reb, the ___________. Battle of ________ _______; Confederate General “_________________” Jackson forces Union to retreat. Julia Ward Howe writes “____________________________________.” Comparison of the North and South Advantages NORTH More resources __________ and raw materials Larger population to draw on for __________ Better ________________ system More farmland dedicated to ______________ Disadvantages NORTH _____________ military leadership Fighting _____________ from home Soldiers lacked ___________________ 1862 1863 SOUTH Better ________________________ Motivation- fighting for __________ and way of life Fighting on ______________________ SOUTH Northern _______________ hindered trade __________- no gold/silver backing currency Farmland dedicated to _________________ _________________ population Monitor vs. Merrimack- first battle of _________ ships (ironclads) Battle of Antietam- 1st attempt by South to invade the North: more ________ in ________ day than any other day in American history. Emancipation Proclamation- order signed by Lincoln freeing __________ (only in CSA) Siege of Vicksburg- southern city put under siege by Union General Ulysses Grant; the northern victory here gave the Union control of the _______________ splitting the south in two. Battle of Gettysburg- 2nd attempt by South to invade North; Northern victory; the largest battle in the Western Hemisphere; considered the ______________________ of the war. 1864 Gettysburg ______________ given by Lincoln dedicating a military cemetery at Gettysburg. His best known speech especially the end when he talks about _______________ of the people, by the people, and for the people. 1865 ____________________ takes charge of the Union Army- was only Union General willing to go TO the enemy Copperheads - __________________ against the war Lincoln reelected- in his ____________________he lays out his plan to reconcile with the South A famous line from his speech is “ with ________________toward none and ____________for all” Sherman’s ______________________- Union march through ____________ cutting the south in half; he believed in total war- ________________ anything that might help the south keep fighting. Surrender at _________________________________- Robert E. Lee surrenders to Ulysses S. Grant signaling end of the war Lincoln is assassinated by _______________________________ at ___________ theater just a few days after the surrender. Andrew _________________ becomes president; plans to follow Lincoln’s lenient plan for reconciliation Reconstruction refers to the _________________ after the Civil War when the southern states would be readmitted to the U.S. Some northerners (known as ________________ Republicans) believed that the south should be punished in some way for leaving the union and causing the war. Lincoln had been against this idea. When Andrew Johnson tried to follow through on Lincoln’s plans, he angered the radical Republicans. They came up with a way to ________________ him. He was found not guilty (by one vote!) at his trial and he completed his term as president. Civil War Amendments 13th Amendment- _______________________ in the U.S. 14th Amendment- made all _____________ born or naturalized in the U.S. citizensincluding former slaves. 15th Amendment- stated that citizens could not be stopped from voting because of their ______________________. Congressional Medal of Honor Winners Freedman's Bureau Federal agency set up to help former slaves after the Civil War by offering ___________________________________ Terms _____________________- northerners who moved to the South after the war for economic and political gain _____________________- southerners who helped carpetbaggers Special Honors _________________________ was the first African American to win the Congressional Medal of Honor _________________________ was the first Hispanic American to win the Congressional Medal of Honor _________________________ is significant because she treated injured soldiers in the war & went on to found the American Red Cross