United States History Notes Review Unit: Civil War

The South Leaves the Union Election of 1860: Lincoln won (Republicans wanted to end slavery in the territories) First states to leave: SC, GA, FL, AL, MS, LA, TX Created Confederate States of America, led by president Jefferson Davis Ft. Sumter, a federal fort in SC, attacked by the South Lincoln called for a blockade of the South and a volunteer army Second group of states to leave: AR, VA, NC, TN

Election of 1860

Fort Sumter: April 12, 1861

Events of the Civil War Major battles Bull Run: 1st battle; won by CSA Antietam: bloodiest one-day battle; won by USA Gettysburg: 3 day battle; bloodiest of war; turning point in the north b/c it was the last battle in the North Vicksburg: 6 week battle; USA won control of Mississippi River; turning point in the south b/c it split the CSA in half

Strategies Union Blockade south (Anaconda Plan) Take capital (Richmond) Divide south in half Confederate Defensive strategy Take the capital (DC)

Gettysburg

Emancipation Proclamation Freed the slaves in the CSA on January 1, 1863; slavery in border states still legal (Lincoln did not want them to secede) Lincoln wanted to turn war into a moral one More support of African Americans Support of Great Britain; GB had supported the CSA up until this point

The Final Days Richmond (CSA capital) taken by North Lee’s army surrounded at Appomattox Court House, VA Forced to surrender to Grant April 9, 1865 Generous terms of surrender 600,000 died Federal government established supremacy over state/local governments

Assassination April 14th, 1865 shot by John Wilkes Booth while attending the theatre Booth captured on April 26th and shot

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