Secession, When a state leaves the country. The Southern states seceded after Lincoln was elected., First state to secede, South Carolina (December 1860). C for Confederacy and Carolina., Last state to secede, Tennessee (June 1861)., Why did several states secede?, Lincoln being elected as president. They didn't like that he wanted to preserve the Union., Union, The North. The states that stayed. U for Union and Up., Confederacy, The South. The Confederate States of America, the states that left., Border States, Slave states that stayed in the Union: Maryland, Delaware, Kentucky, Missouri. My Dog Knows Me., Neutral, Not choosing a side in a conflict., Internal conflict, A fight inside one group, like families in border states with sons on both sides., West Virginia, Its mountain people wanted to stay in the Union, so they broke away from Virginia., Fort Sumter, First shots of the Civil War, near Charleston, South Carolina. F = First Shots., Richmond, Capital of the Confederacy. The Union's goal in the East., Washington, D.C., Capital of the Union, about 100 miles from Richmond., Union strengths, STUFF: more people, factories, railroads, weapons, food., Confederate strengths, HOME and GENERALS: fighting on their own land, great generals like Robert E. Lee., Anaconda Plan, The North's plan: Squeeze (blockade the ports) and Split (take the Mississippi River)., Blockade, Using ships to block ports and stop supplies from entering or leaving., Did the blockade work?, Not at first. The South still traded through the West., Why was the blockade an important strategy?, It prevented the South from trading cotton for supplies and weakened the Confederate economy., Defensive stance, The South's plan: defend against all invasions and hope the North gets tired and quits., Espionage, Spying. The South used it to level the playing field., Front, The area where fighting takes place., Western Front, The area along the Mississippi River. Controlling it split the Confederacy in two and cut off supplies., Eastern Front, Mostly Virginia, between Washington and Richmond., First Bull Run, First major battle. Confederate win. Showed the war would be long and costly. BULL Run = ManASSas., Battle of the Ironclads, 1862, Hampton Roads, Virginia. The South's attempt to break the blockade. HAMPTON ROAD$., Shiloh, Union win in Tennessee. Helped gain control of the Mississippi River. S = Step 1 to the South's Split., Antietam, Bloodiest single day. Gave Lincoln the chance to issue the Emancipation Proclamation. A = Awful Day., Emancipation Proclamation, Freed enslaved people in Confederate states and gave the Union a moral reason to fight the war., Why was the war so bloody?, Style of fighting and poor medical treatment when wounded., Casualty, A soldier who is killed, wounded, or missing in battle. Unable to fight., Antiseptic, Medicine used to prevent infection in wounds. ANTI means against., Anesthetic, Medicine that causes loss of feeling; used to prevent pain in surgery., Clara Barton, Union nurse who later founded the American Red Cross. Barton and Bandages., Draft (Conscription Act of 1863), A law requiring men to serve in the military. Forced to fight against their will., Inflation, Prices go way up, so money buys less. It helped make the war unpopular.

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