APUSH Civil War 1861-1865

A fort located in Charleston, South Carolina that was the location of the first battle in the Civil War on April 12, 1861. It was held by federal troops but claimed by South Carolina, which had seceded. Lincoln ordered that supplies be brought to the fort but the Confederates fired, capturing the fort.

Drawing upon the powers given as a chief executive and a commander in chief, sometimes without approval from Congress ex. Lincoln: 1) calling for 75,000 volunteers to put down the rebellion 2) authorizing spending for war 3) suspending writ of habeas corpus

a writ, or legal action, through which a prisoner can be released from unlawful detention, that is, detention lacking sufficient cause or evidence (Wikipedia) [One has the right to know the charges against them]

an act of revolt against a constituted government or another civil authority ex. In the beginning of the Civil War, the North's goal was to put down the Southern insurrection ex 2. Many slaves tried to organize slave insurrections

The four slave-holding states of Delaware, Maryland, Missouri, and Kentucky who did not leave the Union during the Civil War. They stayed mainly because (a) martial law (b) presence of U.S troops (c) declaration of neutrality. Lincoln needed the border states because they would increase the Confederate population and weaken the North's strategic plans. Lincoln did not want early emancipation that would anger them.

The confederation of the eleven southern states that seceded between 1860-1861 and was active from 1861-1865. South Carolina, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, and Texas were the first to secede. After Fort Sumter, Virginia, Arkansas, Tennessee, and North Carolina also seceded. Jefferson Davis was elected president.

Elected the president of the Confederacy in 1861. According to the Confederate Constitution, he was provided a six-year nonsuccessive term and presidential item veto. He tried to gain more executive powers but other southern governors resisted.

Elected the vice president of the Confederacy in 1861. He strongly believed in states' rights and argued for his state of Georgia to secede from the Confederacy as Davis called for more executive power.

The site of the first major battle of the war near Manassas Junction, Viriginia in July 1861 that was a strong Confederate victory (Stonewall Jackson). It became clear after this battle that the war would go on longer than expected and fed into the belief that the Confederate troops were invincible. It was also the site of another Confederate victory in August 1862. Lee took advantage of General John Pope's recent replacement of McClellan for the Union.

A Confederate general famous for his counterattack during the First Battle of Bull Run in July 1861 that sent Union forces scrambling back to Washington, D.C

The General-in-Chief of the United States Army who was a veteran of the War of 1812 and the Mexican-American wars who devised the Anaconda Plan for winning a long-term war

Winfield Scott's three-part plan to defeat the Confederates: 1) Use of the U.S navy to blockade the Southern ports and thus cut them off from essential supplies 2)Taking control of the Mississippi River to divide the Confederacy into two 3) Take Richmond with an army of 500,000 men

Served briefly as the General-in-Chief of the Union army after Winfield Scott retired from 1961-1862. He wanted his troops to be trained for a long time before the Peninsula Campaign (invasion of Virginia) in March 1862, which failed. He was replaced by John Pope, but was restored by the Battle of Antietam in September 1862. However, even knowing Lee's plan, McClellan failed to pursue Lee successfully, and Lincoln removed him for a final time.

The Commander of the Army of Northern Virginia who was promoted to General-in-Chief of the Confederate Army in 1865. He was involved in most of the major battles of the Civil War.

A battle in September 1862 in which Lee took the offensive and led his army across the Potomac into Maryland, hoping that a major Northern victory would lead to European support. It was the single bloodiest day in the war. McClellan knew his plans, but did not pursue Lee as he retreated into Virginia. It was officially a draw, but it ended Confederate hope for foreign support, so Lincoln used this partial triumph to push his Emancipation Proclamation

A battle that took place in December 1862 McClellan's more aggressive replacement General Ambrose Burnside at Fredericksburg Virginia. The Union suffered immense losses compared to the Confederacy, resulting in a Confederate victory

A battle between two ironclad ships, the U.S Moniter and Confederate Merrimac (Virginia), that took place near Hampton Roads, Virginia in March 1862. Ironclad ships could destroy wooden ships at will, but not other ironclads. The battle ended in a draw without any damage to the Union naval blockade.

The Union General who led the North's campaign for control of the Mississippi River. In 1862 he captured forts along the Cumberland River, opening up Mississippi for Union attack. He was successful in making the Confederates retreat at Shiloh, Tennessee and in 1863 took control of Vicksburg. In 1864 he was named commanders of all the Union armies sought to outlast Lee by fighting a war of attrition.

A battle that took place in Shiloh, Tennessee on April 6-7 1862. Albert Johnson of the Confederacy surprised Grant, but Grant managed to make the Confederates retreat after heavy losses on both sides.

The Union navy flag officer who led to the Union capture of New Orleans in April 1862

In which Britain almost supported the Confederacy. In late 1861 Confederate diplomats James Mason and John Slidell were sailing on the Trent, a British steamer. A Union warship removed Mason and Slidell and named them prisoners of war. Britain threatened war, but Lincoln returned Mason and Slidell. However, they were unable to obtain recognition of the Confederacy in Britain or France.

A Confederate commerce-raider that captured 60 U.S vessels before being sunk off the coast of France. The Confederates purchased warships from British shipyards and did serious damage to U.S merchant ships. After, Britain agreed to pay the U.S back for the damage caused by the commerce-raiders.

Laird rams were ships with iron rams that the Confederacy had arranged to purchase from Britain to use against the U.S naval blockade. Charles Francis Adams, the U.S minister to Britain, was able to persuade the British to cancel the sale rather than go to war against the U.S

The First Confiscation Act was passed in August 1861. It said that slaves were "contrabands of war" and thus the Union did not have to return them to their plantation owners. In July 1862, the Second Confiscation Act was passed freeing slaves of persons engaged in rebellion against the U.S and empowered the president to use freed slaves in the Union Army.

Abraham Lincoln used his power as commander in chief of the armed forces to free the slaves in the Confederacy, and it went into effect January 1, 1863. It did not immediately free all slaves, but it enlarged the purpose of the war to be about slavery. The committed the government to a policy of abolition. It also gave the Union many more soldiers and new rallying point.

Passed in December 1865 and abolished slavery in all U.S states and territories

Took place on July 1, 1863 and commonly considered the turning point of the Civil War. Lee took the offensive in Pennsylvania, but Union forces held. It was the bloodiest battle with over 50,000 casualties and Lee's forces never could regain the offensive.

General Grant seiged Vicksburg, Mississippi and secured complete control of the Mississippi River to cut off Texas, Louisiana, and Arkansas when the Confederate troops surrendered on July 4, 1863

Union General William Tecumseh Sherman led a force of 100,000 men to destroy and burn everything in Georgia and South Carolina that the Southerners might use to survive. He took Atlanta in September 1864 and completed his campaign in February 1865 in Columbia. As a pioneer in the tactics of total war, Sherman broke the will of the Confederacy to fight on.

The Democrats nominated General George McClellan and used the platform of peace appeal to the many people weary of the war. The Republicans changed their name to be the Unionist Party to attract War Democrats and nominated Lincoln with Andrew Johnson, a War Democrat from Tennessee. Lincoln-Johnson easily won the electoral votes, but the popular vote was much closer.

The location where Lee surrendered to Grant on April 9, 1865 after he had unsuccessfully tried to escape to the mountains. Lee had retreated from Richmond with less than 30,000 men.

The actor who assassinated Lincoln on April 14, 1865 while the president was attending a performance at Ford's Theater in Washington, D.C. A co-conspirator attacked Secretary of State William Seward but only wounded him. Lincoln's death caused more Northern anger towards the South.

A group of Northern Democrats who opposed the Civil War and wanted immediate peace negotiations with the Confederacy. The most famous was Congressman Clement L. Vallandigham of Ohio who was briefly banished to Canada for his speeches against the war.

A Supreme Court case in 1866 that ruled that trying civilians in military courts when civilian courts were still available was unconstitutional. This had happened in Indiana during the Civil War.

Riots that occurred in the July 1863 in New York City against the Union draft in which Irish American mobs attacked blacks and wealthy whites. The Conscription Act of 1863 required all men ages 20 and 45 to serve, but allowed people to find a substitute or pay $300. Poor whites thought this was unfair. Also, African Americans were exempt and poor whites feared they would take their jobs.

Paper money that the U.S Treasury issued in the Civil War that could not be redeemed for gold. This caused inflation. To manage the added revenue movement, Congress created a National Banking System in 1863, the first unified banking system since the Second National Bank

An act that raised tariff rates to increase revenue and protect American manufacturers that initiated the Republican program to help industrialists by keeping high protective tariffs

Offered 160 acres of public land free in the Great Plains to any person who would agree to farm the land for five years

Encouraged states to use the sale of federal land grants to maintain agricultural and technical colleges

Authorized the building of a transcontinental railroad over a northern route to link the economies of California and the western territories to the eastern states

Term coined by historians for the Civil War because the Civil War transformed the U.S from a partially agricultural society to a complex modern industrial society of capital, technology, national organizations, and corporations