Name: Isabella Mann 9/3/14 7th period

Unit 5 Vocabulary ~ Civil War

Directions: Using any media source, define the terms that follow in the space provided.
The 13th Amendment to the United States Constitution abolished slavery and involuntary
th
13 amendment
servitude, except as punishment for a crime. In Congress, it was passed by the Senate
on April 8, 1864, by the house on January 31, 1865, and adopted on December 18, 1865.
The 14th Amendment to the United States was adopted on July 9, 1868, as one of the
14th amendment
Reconstruction Amendments. The amendment addresses citizenship rights and equal
protection of the laws, and was proposed in response to issues related to former slaves
following the American Civil War. The amendment limits the actions of all state and local
officials, including those acting on behalf of such as official.
An abolitionist is a person who favors the abolition of a practice or institution, especially
Abolitionist
capital punishment or slavery. A person who advocated or supported the abolition slavery
in the U.S. especially prior to the Civil War.
The Compromise of 1850 was a package of five separate bills passed in the United
Compromise of
States in September 1850, which defused a four-year confrontation between the slave
1850
states of the South and the free states of the North regarding the status of territories
acquired during the Mexican-American War. (1846-1848)
The Emancipation Proclamation was a presidential proclamation issued by President
Emancipation
Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863, as a war measure during the American Civil War,
Proclamation
directed to all of the areas in rebellion and all the segments of the Executive branch of the
United States. It proclaimed the freedom of slaves in the eleven states that were still in
rebellion.
The Gettysburg Address is a speech by U.S. President Abraham Lincoln, one of the best
Gettysburg
known in American history. It was delivered by Lincoln during the American Civil War, on
Address
the afternoon of Thursday, November 19, 1863, at the dedication of the Soldiers National
Cemetery in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, four and a half months after the Union armies
defeated those of the Confederacy at the Battle of Gettysburg.
The Missouri Compromise, submitted by Henry Clay, was passed in 1820 between the
Missouri
pro-slavery and anti-slavery factions in the United States Congress, involving primarily
Compromise
the regulation of slavery in the western territories.

Popular
Sovereignty

Nullify means to make legally null and void; invalidate. Nullification, in the United States
constitutional history, is a legal theory that a state has the right to nullify, or invalidate, any
federal law which that state has deemed unconstitutional. The theory of nullification has
never been legally upheld by federal courts.
Popular sovereignty or the sovereignty of the people is the principle that the authority of
the government is created and sustained by the consent of its people, through their
electrical representatives (Rule by the People), who are the source of all political power.

Secede

Secede means to withdraw formally from membership in a federal union, an alliance, or a

political or religious organization.

Nullify/ Nullification

Sectionalism

Sectionalism is the restriction of interest to a narrow sphere: undue concern with local
interests or petty distinctions at the expense of general well-being.

Slave Code

Slave codes were laws in each U.S. state, which defined the status of slaves and the
rights of masters. These codes gave slave-owners absolute power over the enslaved.

States Rights

States Rights are the rights and powers held by the individual US states rather than by
the federal government. They are the political powers reserved for the U.S. state

governments rather than the federal government.

Total War

The total war was a war that is unrestricted in terms of the weapons used, the territory or
combatants involved, or the objectives pursued especially one in which the laws of war
are disregarded.

Key Players and Concepts of the Civil War Scavenger Hunt

Directions: Using any media source, locate at LEAST 3 pieces of information for each person/ concept listed.
Person/ Concept

Fact #1
The Confederate States of
America consisted of the
governments of 11 Southern
States that seceded from the
Union in 1860-61.

Fact #2
The Confederate Sates
consisted of South Carolina,
Mississippi, Florida,
Alabama, Georgia,
Louisiana, Texas, Virginia,
Arkansas, Tennessee, and
North Carolina.

Jefferson Davis was an

American soldier and
politician.

He was the President of the

Confederate States of
America during the
American Civil War.

Ulysses S. Grant was the

18th President of the United
States.

In 1865, as commanding
general, Grant led the Union
Armies to victory over the
Confederacy in the
American Civil War.
He surrendered in 1865 in
the Civil War.

Confederate States
of America

Jefferson Davis

Ulysses S. Grant

Robert E. Lee

Abraham Lincoln

Robert was an American

soldier best known for
commanding the
Confederate Army of
Northern Virginia in the
American Civil War.
Abraham was the 16th
president of the United
States.

He was assassinated in April

1865.

William was an American

Soldier, businessman,
educator and author.

He served as a General in
the Union Army during the
American Civil War.

Dred Scott was an enslaved

African American man in the
US.

He was unsuccessfully
sued for his freedom and
that of his wife and their two
daughters.
She wrote the novel, Uncle

William T. Sherman

Dred Scott

Harriett was an American

Fact #3
The Confederacy
President was Jefferson
Davis and the Vice
President was Alexander
Stephens. The
Confederate Capital was
in Montgomery, AL, and
Richmond, Virginia.
He took personal charge
of the Confederate war
plans but was unable to
find a strategy to defeat
the more populous and
industrialized Union.
The S in his name stood
for nothing.

He distinguished himself
during the MexicanAmerican War, served as
Superintendent of the
United States Military
Academy, and married
Mary Custis.
Lincoln led the United
States through its Civil
War- its bloodiest war and
its greatest moral,
constitution and political
crisis.
He received recognition
for his outstanding
command of military
strategy as well as
criticism for the
harshness of the
scorched earth.
It was called the Dred
Scott v. Sanford case of
1857, popularly known as
the Dred Scott Decision.
The book was a depiction

Harriett Beecher
Stowe

abolitionist and author.

Toms Cabin.

of life for the African

Americans under slavery.

1. Locate, list, and fully explain the main cause for the Civil War.
The US Civil War lasted from 1861 to 1865 and led to over 618,000 deaths. Its causes can be traced back to
tensions that formed very early in the nations history. One main cause of the Civil War was the economic and
social differences between the North and the South. Because of the creation of the Cotton Gin, cotton became
very profitable. Thus, the southern economy became a one crop economy depending on cotton and therefore
slavery. On the other hand, the northern economy was based more on industry than agriculture. The disparity
between the two set up a major difference in economic attitudes. The south was based on the planation
system while the north was more of the city life. Another cause was the states versus federal rights. Two
camps emerged: those arguing that the federal government needed to have more control and those arguing for
greater states. Other causes was the fight between Slave and Non-Slave State Proponents, growth of the
abolition movement, and the election of Abraham Lincoln. Slavery was a very big debate between the North
and South and caused several problems, and greatly contributed to the War.

2. What are 2 major battles of the Civil War that were fought in Georgia? What happened in each battle?
Who won each battle?
1) Battle of Chickamauga: The Battle was fought in 1863 and was the first major battle in Georgia. It was a
Confederate victory, and also the last major Confederate victory in the west. The Battle of
Chickamauga was the biggest battle ever fought in Georgia. With 34,000 casualties, it is generally
accepted as the second bloodiest engagement of the war.
2) Battle of Jonesborough: It was fought during the Atlanta Campaign in the American Civil War. Two
Union Armies led by Major General William T. Sherman maneuvered to draw the Army of Tennessee
away from their defenses at Atlanta, Georgia, where it could be destroyed. The Union won this battle.

3. How long did the Civil War last? How many people were injured/died during war?
The Civil War lasted 4 years. It began April 12, 1861 and ended May 9, 1865. It was the bloodiest four years in
US history.
Approximately 620,000 soldiers died from combat, accident, starvation, and disease during the Civil War.