AP US History Vocab 3

Bloodiest day of the Civil War; General McClellan's forces stopped Lee's invasion

VA city where Ulysses S Grant's army caught Lee's retreating force in April 1865

First major battle of Civil War- Confeds defeated Union army; Convinced others victory would not be easy

Crushing victory by Lee and his army over forces commanded by General Pope; Demonstrated Lee's mastery of a war of maneuver

Confed attack on Union forces led by Lee and Stonewall Jackson; Union defeat led to great pessimism in the North but optimism in the South

Raising recruits for military service by using a draft; Begun in Civil War; Viewed negatively during Vietnam War

Democrats in early Congress during the Civil War who opposed Lincoln's attack on the South

an 1860 compromise on slavery designed to defuse sectional tensions

edict by Abe Lincoln that went into effect on Jan1, 1863, abolishing slavery in Confed territory; Did not affect 4 slave states in Union

a federal fort located in Charleston, SC that was fired on by Confed artillery on April 12, 1861; First shots of Civil War

fought on December 13, 1862; Union army commanded by General Burnside suffered a major defeat at the hands of Confeds

November 19, 1863 speech made by Lincoln at the dedication ceremony for a cemetery for Union soldiers killed at the Battle of Gettysburg

a failure in civilian life, he became the commander of Union forces in the Civil War and the architect of Northern victory; President

paper money issued by American government during and immediately after Civil War; Not backed up by gold or silver

Civil War-era ships that were completely encased in iron, making them very difficult to damage

American military officer with a brilliant record in the Mexican War; Fought for Confeds and eventually could not prevail against Union

occurs during a state of emergence when the rule of law may be suspended and government is controlled by military or police authorities

Union ironclad ship captured by Confeds during Civil War and renamed 'The Virginia'; Fought Monitor in 1862

a Union ironclad ship utilized during Civil War; Fought a battle against the Virginia but didn't play an important role afterward

Union general who worked closely with Grant in the West; Capture of Atlanta helped guarantee Lincoln a 2nd term

a fierce Civil War battle fought in Tennessee in April 1862; total casualties numbered 25,000 but Union won

concept that the states and not fed government have the power to decide whether federal legislation in enforced

a Confederate city along the Mississippi River was taken after a lengthy siege in July 1863; Gave Union Mississippi power

allows a person accused of a crime to avoid sitting in jail indefinitely; brought to court and charger or else must be released from jail