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Robert e lee
Commander of the Confederate Army during the Civil War. He was the commander from 1862 to his surrender in 1865. On January 31, 1865, Lee was promoted to general-in-chief of Confederate forces. -
The Missouri Compromise
Attempted to make the south and north agree on slavery's expansion. It divided the terrritory aquired from france "louisana territory" at the latitude 36 degrees 30 minutes. No more slave states were allowed the line. This was not a perminate soulution, it only made both sides happy for a short time. -
General grant
He took control of Kentucky and Tennessee in 1862 On March 3, 1864 Lincoln promoted Grant to Lieutenant General, giving him command of all Union Armies. On November 23, 1863, Grant organized three armies to attack at Missionary Ridge and Lookout Mountain. -
Manifest Destiny
It was when Americans moved from the East Coast to the West coast for land. This helped fuel western settlement and Native American removal and war with Mexico. Many native americans were forced off thier land and died due to this. -
Popular Sovereignty
The authority of a state and its government is created and sustained by the consent of its people, through their elected representatives. Stephan Douglas was one of the first supports of Popular Sovereignty. This was happening during a Presidential Election in the 1850s, which Douglas was a candidate. -
Kansas Nebraska Act.
This Act repealed the missouri compromsise's prohibition of slavery north of the 36 30 line. And the south put forth a notion of popular sovereighty. Which would allow there to be slavery in every state as long as people voted for it. -
Supreme Court Ruling on Dred Scott Case
Scott claimed that he and his wife should be granted their freedom because they had lived in Illinois and the Wisconsin Territory for four years, where slavery was illegal. The United States Supreme Court decided 7–2 against Scott, finding that neither he nor any other person of African ancestry could claim citizenship in the United States, and therefore Scott could not bring suit in federal court under diversity of citizenship rules. -
The Anaconda Plan
First, Scott proposed blockading the entire South with the U.S. Navy closing all Southern ports. This would have enormous consequences on the nascent Confederacy, such as stopping shipments from reaching port cities, disrupting the Southern economy, preventing Confederate armies from receiving necessary military supplies, hurting civilians and undermining the South's ties with other nations. Second, Scott suggested taking a force of roughly 80,000 men and moving down the Mississippi River, takin -
Emancipation Proclamation
The document was made by Abraham lincoln, The purpose was to free all of the slaves in America. Alot of Southern states did not like this idea due to them using and promoting slaves. -
Shermans March
The campaign began with Sherman's troops leaving the captured city of Atlanta, Georgia, on November 15 and ended with the capture of the port of Savannah on December 21. His forces destroyed military targets as well as industry, infrastructure, and civilian property and disrupted the Confederacy's economy and its transportation networks. Sherman's bold move of operating deep within enemy territory and without supply lines is considered to be revolutionary in the annals of war.
