AMSCO  Ch. 14-  The Civil War

Fort Sumter-

Lincoln’s Use of executive power

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Succession of the Upper South-

Importance of the Border States-

The Relative Strengths of North and South

            Military

            Political

            Economic

Confederacy

            Political organization

            Economic challenges

The Battle of Bull Run-

Union strategy

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Battles 

            Peninsula Campaign

            Second Bull Run

            Antietam

            Fredricksburg

Grant / The War in the Trans-Mississippi West

Trent Affair/ Confederate “Raiders”

Confederate Disappointment

        “Cotton Diplomacy”-

Slavery

            Confiscation Acts-

            Emancipation Proclamation-

            Black Fighting Men-

The Turning Point- 1863

           Vicksburg-

            Gettysburg-

            Sherman’s March to the Sea-

The 1864 Election

            Atlanta

            Wartime Politics

            Copperheads- (aka Peace Democrats)

Appomattox

Death of a President

Lincoln and civil liberties

Conscription/ New York City Draft Riots-

Expanding the financial power of the Federal Government

            Legal Tender Act-

            National Bank System Act-

            Morrill Tariff Act-

            Homestead Act-

            Morrill Land Grant Act-

Impact of the war on women

The Toll of War