Civil War

By tressamay7

  • Abe Lincoln elected

  • Period: to

    Civil War

  • South Carolina secedes

    -1st state to secede

  • Fort Sumter

    -1st angagment
    -in south carolina at charleston harbor
    -federal fort that is low on supplies
    -Lincoln tells goverment " I am only sending food"
    -Jefferson Davis opted to fire upon the fort
    (Jefferson Davis-president of the confederacy)
    -fire and start war, not fire and appear weak

  • Soldiers / Economy / Awol

    -sense of adventure. Unrealistic, sometimes romantic ideas of military service. -AWOL- absent without leave.
    • Economic Strains- conscription-draft-lower class-no money

  • Anaconda Plan

    Surrounded and squeezed the Mississippi river and Atlantic Blockade

  • Battle of Bull Run

    -known as the battle of Manasses
    -Union Army-"on to Richmond"
    -South gave them confidence to fight
    -North realized it will be a long road of war
    -people were spectators

  • Jefferson Davis becomes president

    -president of the confederacy

  • Secretary of War

    The secretary of war was Edwin Stanton.The Acts- role of Rep. government in life.

  • Fort Henry

  • Fort Donelson

  • Battle of Shiloh

  • Homestead Act

    gave 160 acres to anyone willing to farm, cultivate and build a house for 5 years

  • Pacific Railroads

    The union pacific railroad hapened from east to west. The central pacific railroad happened from west to east.

  • Morrill Land Grant Act

    Land Grant Colleges- education to ordinary citizens in fields of agriculture and engineering. Jefferson Davis was the confederate president. Confederate loyalty- many loyal to state not confederacy. Centralization will destroy what was southern.

  • Antietam

    bloodiest single day battle

  • Emancipation Proclamation

    -What would happen to slaves once freed?
    -Lincoln took a new position of ending slavery
    -1862-told states to return to the union or he would free slaves. (it did noting)
    -January 1, 1863 the proclamation went into effect
    IT SAID
    -it freed slaves in the areas of rebellion-the areas the union did not control
    -exempted slaves in the border states and areas in the south won by union forces
    -blacks in south fleeing-this proclamation did nothing except put a name on something that was already happenin

  • Gettysburg

    Total war / year the tide turns. North wanted victory. South for continued success and diplomatic recognition. Chancellorsville- confederate victory. July 1-3- Gettysburg- 28,000 confederates dead. Vicksburg- Grant victory. (Access to Mississippi River).

  • Grant + things in 1864

    Grant is union commander. William Sherman- inflict max damage on sothern life. Surrender rather than face total destruction. March to sea- ATL to Savannah- cut off AL, Miss, GA. Make war terrible, Total War "War is Hell". Lincoln reelected (55% of the popular vote). Lincoln's policy of unconditional surrender. War continues.

  • Lincoln Re-elected

  • The End- North Wins/ Appomattox

    Confederates fled capital of Richmond. 25,000 troops and Lee surrender to Grant at Appomattox Courthouse. (town). Jefferson Davis captured in GA on May 10. The war over.
    ----Reasons why the North won: blockades, deaths of confederate generals,rise of grant and sherman, population numbers,failure to get foreign recognition, 18th century army in south.

  • 13th Amendment

    Abolishes slavery