Name: Civil War Study Guide Terms to Know



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Civil War Study Guide

Terms to Know

  1. Confederacy – Southern states that seceded

  2. Union – Northern states that we still a part of the United States

  3. Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson - Confederate general who led the Confederate army to victory in several battles early in Civil War

  4. Abraham Lincoln President of the Union. His election caused the secession of the Southern states.

  5. Jefferson DavisPresident of the Confederacy. Believed in states’ rights and the spread of slavery.

  6. Robert E. Lee - Commander of the Confederate forces in Civil War

  7. Emancipation Proclamation - statement issued by President Lincoln on Jan. 1, 1863, freeing all slaves in Confederate states still at war with the union

  8. Ulysses S. Grant - 18th President; Commander of Union forces during Civil War

  9. Battle of Vicksburg - union victory over Confederate forces in 1863 at Vicksburg, MS that gave the Union control of the Mississippi River

  10. Battle of Gettysburg - union victory over Confederate forces. Many soldiers on both sides died.

  11. Gettysburg Address famous speech made by President Lincoln. Encouraged Union soldiers to continue fighting in the War.

  12. Tariff taxes on goods

  13. total war - method of warfare that involves civilians as targets and is designed to destroy the opposing army and the people’s will to fight

  14. The Atlanta Campaign Sherman’s plan to conquer and destroy Atlanta using total war

  15. Sherman’s March to the Sea the Union soldiers under General Sherman, walked 300 miles in a 60 mile wide path and destroyed everything in their path

  16. Appomattox Court House the site of Lee’s surrender; ending the civil war

Key Understanding

  1. List some differences between the North and the South prior to the Civil War.



  1. List some causes of the Civil War.

  2. Explain the importance of Uncle Tom’s Cabin.



  1. What did John Brown do?



  1. What ultimately caused the states to secede from the Union?



  1. Describe the battle at Fort Sumter.



  1. Describe what fighting was like for the Northerner’s. The Southerner’s.



  1. Describe the Battle of Gettysburg. Why is the Battle of Gettysburg one of the most important battles of the war?



  1. What were Lincoln’s goals as expressed in the Gettysburg Address?



  1. What took place during the Atlanta Campaign and Sherman’s March to the Sea?



  1. What happened at Appomattox Courthouse?


  1. Describe the effects of the war on the North.



  1. Describe the effects of the war on the South.


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