Chapter 8,9,10,11 History Vocab

Created by Linclon and geeral winsfield scott A civil war strategy plan: 1)Union creates naval bolcade of southern ports 2) take control of the mississippi river 3) then squeeze in on the south form the east and west to defeat it.

A Pronouncement given by Linclon on January 1, 1863 to free the slaves in the confederderate states

Inspirational speech given by Linclon on Nov. 19 1863, at a battle in Gettysburg, Pennsylvannia In memory of union soiders who died trying to protect the ideal of freedom, which U.S. was founded on.

Led by the union general William Tecumsen Sherman, A devestating total war military campain that involved marching 60,000 union troops through Georgia from Alanta, to savannah destorying EVERYTHING along the way.

A series of deadly riots that took place in U.S. cities in 1863 to protest the newly established military draft

A nickname that rebublicans used to describe those northerners, mostly democrats, who opposed the war and were sympathetic to the south

A riot involving hundreds of women in Richmond, Virginia, who sought food and other goods that were becoming scarce in the south as union forces cut off key parts of the regions economy

The first entirely African American regiment of the union Army

A military manuver in which one side sets up a line of ships to block entry into or departure from the parts of the opposing side

A military policy in which one side in a conflict decidesit is willing to make any sacrifice necesary to completely defeat the opposing side

The act of freeing slaves from bondage

The right of a person being detained to appear in court so that a judge may determine whether the person has been imprisoned lawfully

A system of requiring by law that all peoplw hwo meet certain criteria, such as age and gender; report for military duty

A government order that restricts or probibits trade of a particular good or with a particular nation

A type of gun used during the civil war that had improved power and accuracy