CIVIL WAR CRITICAL TERMS

Question	Answer
ANACONDA PLAN	MILITARY PLAN TO “STRANGLE” THE SOUTH WITH A NAVAL BLOCKADE OF SOUTHERN PORTS, SEIZE CONTROL OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER, AND DIVIDE THE CONFEDERACY IN TWO; MEANT TO LESSEN ACTUAL BLOODSHED
NORTH & SOUTH ADVANTAGES/DISADVANTAGES	NORTH – LARGER POPULATION, MORE INDUSTRIALIZED ABILITY TO PRODUCE MORE WEAPONS/AMMUNITION SOUTH – FIGHTING TO CONTINUE THEIR WAY OF LIFE, MANY GIFTED MILITARY COMMANDERS (EX: ROBERT E. LEE AND STONEWALL JACKSON)
SECTIONALISM	GREATER LOYALTY THEIR “SECTION” (REGION OF THE COUNTRY) THAN TO THE UNITED STATES AS A WHOLE
LINCOLN	1) 16TH PRESIDENT (REPUBLICAN) 2) WHEN HE WAS ELECTED, SOUTH CAROLINA SECEDED (LEFT THE UNION) AND OTHER STATES FOLLOWED 3) ASSASSINATED BY JOHN WILKES BOOTH ONE WEEK AFTER THE CONFEDERACY SURRENDERED
KANSAS-NEBRASKA ACT (1854)	1) ACT DIVIDED THE NEBRASKA TERRITORY INTO KANSAS & NEBRASKA 2) “POPULAR SOVEREIGNTY” – CAN VOTE WHETHER TO BE SLAVE OR FREE AREAS 3) REPUBLICAN PARTY FORMED IN RESPONSE TO THIS ACT – REPUBLICANS WANTED TO STOP THE GROWTH OF SLAVE AREAS
EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION	LINCOLN ANNOUNCED THAT ALL SLAVES IN STATES FIGHTING AGAINST THE UNION WOULD BE FREED
GETTYSBURG ADDRESS	1) LINCOLN WROTE GETTYSBURG ADDRESS TO HONOR UNION LOSSES IN THIS BATTLE 2) FOCUS OF SPEECH - KEEPING THE UNION TOGETHER
JEFFERSON DAVIS	PRESIDENT OF THE CONFEDERACY

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