Terms & Names: Chapter 15

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John C Breckinridge: Southern rights Democrat (the party which formed after S. Democrats walked out of the convention), 1860 presidential candidate, from Kentucky, ran on a slave-code platform

John Bell: from Tennessee, Constitutional Union Party presidential candidate for 1860 election,

Constitutional Union Party: formed by former southern Whigs who couldn't bring themselves to vote democratic and northern Whigs who considered the Republican party too radical. Nominated John Bell-- 1860 election.

Fire-eaters: group of extremist pro-slavery politicians from the South who urged the separation of southern states into a new nation, which became known as the Confederate States of America.

Crittenden Compromise: Kentucky Senator John J. Crittenden-- a series of proposed constitutional amendments (guaranteed slavery in states against fed interference, prohibit Congress from nixing slavery in DC, deny Congress right to interfere with interstate slave trade, compensate slave-holders who were prevented from recovering fugitive slaves, protect slavery south of 36, 30); it failed.

Confederate States of America: a new nation comprised of those southern states which seceded following the election of Abraham Lincoln: South Carolina, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana and Texas.

Jefferson Davis: elected president of the Confederate States of America, for his moderate political nature which would appeal to the border states, and his government and military experience.

Alexander H. Stephens: elected vice president of CSA for same reasons Davis was, but didn't get along well with Davis; consequently did very little over the course of the confederacy.

Fort Sumter: South Carolinian fort to which Major Anderson moved his troops for more easy defense. Essentially the location of the start of the civil war because of the Confederacy's ansyness to get to it.

Major Robert Anderson: commander of Federal troops at fort sumter, oversaw their defense against southern attack

Robert E. Lee: Earned reputation for boldness, a willingness to take risks, an almost uncanny ability to read the enemy commander’s mind, and great charisma, assumed command of what he called the Amy of Northern Virginia in June 1862

David Farragut: Union navy head honcho, paraphrased: "Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead!"

First Manassas (Bull Run): May 1861 The one with the pic nicks-- the north lost hardcore, and all notions of a "quick war" were obliterated, took place near DC, Resulted in appointment of George B. McClellan to organize new troops into the Amry of the Potomac (UNION)

Thomas J. (Stonewall) Jackson: scored series of important Confederate victories in the Shenandoah in May and June 1862, beloved general, was killed, and people were sad

Army of the Patomac: Union Army

George B. McClellan: timid general appointed to lead Union Army following Bull Run. EPIC FAIL

William H. Seward: more radical, outspoken version of Lincoln, who was other potential Republican nominee for '60 election, but gracefully stepped down to preserve a united party backing Lincoln for election

Forts Henry and Donelson: the ones on the Cumberland and Tennessee Rivers, respectively, which the north captured, and were able to penetrate deeply into the south's strongholds of manliness.

Ulysses S. Grant: (the US stands for Ultra Sexy, or UNITED STATES) not afraid to take risks, led attacks on Henry and Donelson-- kicked butt.  

Battle of Shiloh: April 1862 S. attacked Grant on Tennessee R., Grant surprised, but recovered and went on offensive=> Union victory, but at cost of 13,000 casualties

Minie ball: that bullet Tucker showed us, which had little rivets so it could shoot better or something; moral of the story, it revolutionized the world of killing people.

Army of Northern Virginia: Robert E. Lee dubbed his confederate army this when he took charge in June '62

Vicksburg: THE STREET KELLIE LIVES ON! Woah, creeper? No, um. Union victory at Memphis in June followed by assault on Vicksburg? That's all folks.

Shenandoah Valley: the mountainous region of West Virginia which seceded from the Confederacy to join the Union because it was more closely linked, economically to the Ohio and Indianian shin digs.

King Cotton Diplomacy: belief by the confederacy in the ability of cotton to get them through the hard times, and they used it as a ploy to get Britain to recognize their legitimacy: EPIC FAIL, yet again.

Army of Tennessee: principal Confederate army operating between the Appalachian Mountains and the Mississippi River

Greenbacks: money, money, money, yo. The Union's system of using paper money to stimulate the economy. It kept inflation down, at least below that of the CSA.

Seven Days' Battles: June 1862 Lee attacked McClellan’s forces repeatedly, driving them from Richmond, confederate victory was costly, but reversed momentum of the war

Blockade runners: those confederate ships which were able to evade the N. Blockade in the early years of the war

The Monitor and the Virginia: iron clad ships Virginia (S.) v. Monitor (N.) basically, they fired guns at sheer metal and nothing happened, though the Virginia was rarely ever used again by the S because of money reasons

Second Battle of Bull Run: August 1862 Great victory for Confederacy, led to Confederate invasion of Maryland in September

Trent Affair: October 1861 two S. diplomats slipped through blockade aboard a British mail steamer, intercepted by U.S. naval vessel, whose captain took the diplomats prisoner, N was stoked, but Britain were kinda pissed, led media to war fever, Lincoln ordered diplomats released, which satisfied Britain and ended crisis

Nathan Bedford Forrest: Forrest Gump's great uncle-- cavalry leader and Klu Klux Klan founding father (all around dumb face)

Anaconda Plan: N. strategy to wrap troops around S. of CSA troops and cinch down on them do something, or something, and win. See picture below.

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