Civil War Vocab
PresentaTION
UNIT 10
The Civil War was....
The American Civil War was a conflict between the United States and the Confederate States of America.
WHERE DID IT HAPPEN? The United States
WHO FOUGHT?Americans fought other Americans over slavery and states rights.
WORDS!
Casualty
Union
Confederacy
Siege
Border States
Blockade
10
Gettysburg Address
Secede
Malice
11
antebellum
12
Surrender
13
Emancipation Proclamation
The Basics
The Confederacy
The Union
The Confederacy was made up of 11 states that seceded from the United States
Another word for the United States. During the Civil War it the Union was considered the anti-slavery states.
A lil more complicated...
Border States
The border states were slave states that remained in the Union during the American Civil War. The border states were Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky, Missouri, and West Virginia.
Complete Map!
"We cannot separate"
"The Union will constitutionally defend, and maintain itself"
"There needs to be no bloodshed or violence; and there shall be none, unless it be forced upon the national authority.
Abraham Lincoln's own words!
Lincoln's First Presidential Speech
Feeling Words!
Antebellum
MAlice
The antebellum period in the United States refers to the time before the Civil War, when the country was divided over issues like slavery and states' rights.
the intention or desire to do evil; ill will.
fact
During the American Civil War, there was a lot of malice between the North and the South, as both sides strongly disliked each other's views and goals.
Battle Words
Casualty
Secede
Blockade
A casualty in the American Civil War was a soldier who was killed, wounded, or missing in action.
refers to the act of Southern states leaving the Union, primarily driven by the issue of slavery.
Siege
to prevent the trade of goods, supplies, and weapons between the Confederacy and other nations.
the placing of an army around a fortified place or city to force it to surrender.
fact
fact
Civil War Casualties
- 110,100 killed in battle.
- 224,580 diseases.
- 275,174 wounded in action.
- 30,192 prisoners of war.
South Carolina became the first state to secede on December 20, 1860 after Lincoln won the election
fact
The Union's "Anaconda Plan," involved a naval blockade of all Confederate ports along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts.
fact
The Siege of Vicksburg gave the Union control of the Mississippi River, while cutting off a major supply line for the Union forces by using a blockade.
Things that happened during the war
Gettysburg Address
Emancipation Proclamation
Famous speech at the battle of Gettysburg that gave meaning to the sacrifice of over 50,000men who had died in the battle. it also declared that the United States had to stand as a country where all men are created equal and should be treated as equals.
was a presidential decree issued by Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863, that declared freedom for enslaved people in the Confederate states.
How this Started!
The Northern and Southern states have been fighting over states rights and the right to decide if a place can permit slavery for years!
Slave states were mad that Abraham Lincoln a Northerner won the Presidential Election. They were worried that he would ban slavery in the South.
After the Election of 1860 the Southern states began to secede.
Fearful that the South would secede the Union. Lincoln used his Presidential address(speech) to ask for unity.
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Civil War Vocab
PresentaTION
UNIT 10
The Civil War was....
The American Civil War was a conflict between the United States and the Confederate States of America.
WHERE DID IT HAPPEN? The United States
WHO FOUGHT?Americans fought other Americans over slavery and states rights.
WORDS!
Casualty
Union
Confederacy
Siege
Border States
Blockade
10
Gettysburg Address
Secede
Malice
11
antebellum
12
Surrender
13
Emancipation Proclamation
The Basics
The Confederacy
The Union
The Confederacy was made up of 11 states that seceded from the United States
Another word for the United States. During the Civil War it the Union was considered the anti-slavery states.
A lil more complicated...
Border States
The border states were slave states that remained in the Union during the American Civil War. The border states were Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky, Missouri, and West Virginia.
Complete Map!
"We cannot separate" "The Union will constitutionally defend, and maintain itself" "There needs to be no bloodshed or violence; and there shall be none, unless it be forced upon the national authority.
Abraham Lincoln's own words!
Lincoln's First Presidential Speech
Feeling Words!
Antebellum
MAlice
The antebellum period in the United States refers to the time before the Civil War, when the country was divided over issues like slavery and states' rights.
the intention or desire to do evil; ill will.
fact
During the American Civil War, there was a lot of malice between the North and the South, as both sides strongly disliked each other's views and goals.
Battle Words
Casualty
Secede
Blockade
A casualty in the American Civil War was a soldier who was killed, wounded, or missing in action.
refers to the act of Southern states leaving the Union, primarily driven by the issue of slavery.
Siege
to prevent the trade of goods, supplies, and weapons between the Confederacy and other nations.
the placing of an army around a fortified place or city to force it to surrender.
fact
fact
Civil War Casualties
South Carolina became the first state to secede on December 20, 1860 after Lincoln won the election
fact
The Union's "Anaconda Plan," involved a naval blockade of all Confederate ports along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts.
fact
The Siege of Vicksburg gave the Union control of the Mississippi River, while cutting off a major supply line for the Union forces by using a blockade.
Things that happened during the war
Gettysburg Address
Emancipation Proclamation
Famous speech at the battle of Gettysburg that gave meaning to the sacrifice of over 50,000men who had died in the battle. it also declared that the United States had to stand as a country where all men are created equal and should be treated as equals.
was a presidential decree issued by Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863, that declared freedom for enslaved people in the Confederate states.
How this Started!
The Northern and Southern states have been fighting over states rights and the right to decide if a place can permit slavery for years!
Slave states were mad that Abraham Lincoln a Northerner won the Presidential Election. They were worried that he would ban slavery in the South.
After the Election of 1860 the Southern states began to secede.
Fearful that the South would secede the Union. Lincoln used his Presidential address(speech) to ask for unity.
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