an executive order of freedom for Confederate states (not border states or Union states) and allowed African Americans to join the army.
Emancipation Proclamation
one of the first African-American regiments organized in the North
54th Massachusetts Regiment
Northern Democrats who hated Lincoln and held rallies about not liking him.
Copperhead
Being drafted into the military
Conscription
Cash payments
Bounty
A tax on earnings
Income Tax
The name of the new currency used by the Northern economy.
Greenback
A pioneer that created the first nursing school that allowed women and created Red Cross (american branch)
Clara Barton
Battle of Gettysburg:
Who:
What:
Where:
Why is it important:
Who: Confederate vs Union
What: Lee’s plan to invade the North which he planned to end the war with
Where: Pennsylvania
Why: Ended Lee’s attempt of invasion
12000 soldiers charged up to the hill to break the center of the union line
Pickett's Charge
An unlikely war hero, helped with sieging vicksburg, top military commander
Ulysses S. Grant
One of the best military battle commander. Won consistent battles where he should have lost
Robert E. Lee
Siege of Vicksburg:
Who:
What:
Where:
Why is it significant:
Who: Confederate vs Union
What: A battle that was held because the South wanted Vicksburg because the Union already had the rest of Mississippi
Where:
Along the Mississippi River in Mississippi
Why: Union controlled everywhere in Mississippi besides Vicksburg
pushed through the deep South to Atlanta and the Atlantic coast during the war.
William Tecumseh Sherman
Lee’s final surrender
Appomattox Court House
13th Amendment
An amendment to end slavery everywhere (even though it only ended it in some)
A big confederate and assassinated Lincoln
John Wilkes Booth
The Emancipation Proclamation:
What did it accomplish?
What did it NOT accomplish?
The Emancipation Proclamation freed some slaves but not all as intended. It didn’t free all slaves because some lived far away so they didn’t hear it and some just ignored it.
Andersonville Prison:
What were conditions like?
What effect did news of the conditions at Andersonville Prison have on Union soldiers?
The Andersonville Prison was extremely crowded (which caused lots of illnesses) and didn’t supply much food (which caused starvation). It scared many soldiers. *NOT SURE IT IS RIGHT*