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Civil War Study Guide PART 1 – PEOPLE 1. Abraham Lincoln President of the Union during the Civil War 2. Jefferson Davis President of the Confederacy 3. Ulysses S. Grant Commander of the Union forces who accepted Lee’s surrender 4. Robert E. Lee Commander of the Confederate Army; was offered command of the Union Army by Lincoln at the beginning of the war 5. Frederick Douglas Former enslaved African American who escaped to the North and became an abolitionist 6. Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson Confederate general who was accidentally shot by his own men at Chancellorsville, Virginia. Considered to be Lee’s right arm 7. Clara Barton Nurse during the Civil War known as the “Angel of the Battlefield.” She started the American Red Cross. 8. Robert Smalls African American Confederate boat pilot that escaped and became a Union naval captain and a congressman after the Civil War. PART 2 – PLACES 9. Washington DC Capital of the Union 10. Richmond, VA Capital of the Confederacy 11. Fort Sumter, SC Where the first shots of the Civil War were fired 12. Bull Run-Manassas First major battle; The Confederacy won here twice 13. Antietum The bloodiest day of fighting during the Civil War 14. Gettysburg Battle that was the “turning point” of the war; the Union had the advantage of defending high ground 15. Vicksburg Last Confederate stronghold on the Mississippi River that the Union control of the river, thereby dividing the South 16. Appomattox Court House VA Robert E. Lee surrendered here ending the Civil War 17-20. Maryland, Kentucky, Missouri, Delaware Four slave states that stayed with the Union 21. West Virginia The western counties of Virginia that refused to secede from the Union. 22. South Carolina First state to secede from the Union 23. Union (North) Won the Civil War PART 3 – THINGS 24. Blockade This Union naval tactic that prevented port cities such as Savannah, Charleston, and New Orleans from getting needed supplies and exporting cotton. 25-26. Slavery and States rights Two main issues dividing the nation 27. Missouri Compromise Compromise that allowed Missouri to enter the Union as a slave state and Maine as a free state 28. Compromise of 1850 Compromise that allowed California to enter as a free state and the Southwest territories could decide the slavery issue on their own 29. Kansas Nebraska Act This document allowed people in the Nebraska and Kansas territories to decide the slavery issue for themselves 30. Blockade Southern Ports, Control the Mississippi River, Capture Richmond Union’s plan to win the war – (Anaconda Plan: 3 parts) 31. Preserve the Union Lincoln’s primary purpose in fighting the Civil War 32. Secede Means to withdraw: Seven Southern states did this after Abraham Lincoln was elected President in 1860; Four more States followed soon after 33. Emancipation Proclamation Document that ended slavery in the Confederate states 34. Gettysburg Address Lincoln’s speech that said the Civil War was fought to preserve the government “of the people, by the people, and for the people.” 35. Disease Caused more deaths during the Civil War than face-to-face combat 36. Popular Sovereignty People in a state would decide the slavery issue by voting, rather than Congress deciding for them 37. Lincolns election 1860 Event that caused seven Southern states to secede from the Union PART 4 North or South 38. North Favored a tariff on manufactured goods 39. South Believed they had the power to declare any national law illegal 40. Most of the devastation occurred here 41. South Favored slavery; believed their economy depended on slavery 42. North Believed slavery was morally wrong 43. North Believed the nation was one nation that could not be separated 44. South This area was rural and agricultural 45. 46. Had more well-trained officers North 47. Had more factories More battles were fought here 48. North This area was urban and industrial 49. South Fought for individual states’ rights 50. North Had a better railroad system to supply the troops Be sure to study the Civil War Map on page 127. You must know which states are Border States, Union States, and Confederate States. Definition: Popular sovereignty or the sovereignty of the people is the principle that the authority of the government is created and sustained by the consent of its people.