CHAPTER SIXTEEN: THE CIVIL WAR, 1861–1865 

Fort Sumter-

Southern Rx-

Northern Rx-

The Border States-

The Battle of Bull Run-

The Relative Strengths of North and South-

Lincoln as War President-

Expanding the Power of the Federal Government

            Legal Tender Act-

            National Bank Act-

            Morrill Tariff Act-

            Homestead Act-

            Morrill Land Grant Act-

Diplomatic Objectives-

Jefferson Davis as Confederate President-

Confederate Disappointment

“Cotton Diplomacy”-

 Finances-

Contradictions of Southern Nationalism-

The War in Northern Virginia-

Shiloh and the War for the Mississippi-

The War in the Trans-Mississippi West-

The Naval War-

The Black Response-

Emancipation Proclamation-

Black Fighting Men-

The Toll of War-

Army Nurses-

The Life of the Common Soldier-

Wartime Politics

            Copperheads-

Economic and Social Strains on the North-

The New York City Draft Riots-

The Failure of Southern Nationalism-

The Turning Point- 1863

            Gettysburg-

Vicksburg-

Sherman’s March to the Sea

The 1864 Election

            Atlanta

Appomattox

Death of a President