Chapter 21: The Furnace of Civil War
Key Concept 1: Lincoln’s decision to issue the Emancipation Proclamation had major
implications.
Key Concept 2: Confederate leaders found success early in the war.
Key Concept 3: Through various methods, the Union ultimately found success in battle.
Key Concept 4: The effect of the Thirteenth Amendment.
Bull Run Ends the “Ninety Day War”
Know: Bull Run, Stonewall Jackson
“Tardy George” McClellan and the Peninsula Campaign
Know: George McClellan, Peninsula Campaign, Robert E. Lee, “Jeb” Stuart, Seven Days’
Battles, Anaconda Plan
The War at Sea
Know: Blockade, Continuous Voyage, Merrimac, Monitor
The Pivotal Point: Antietam
Know: Antietam
A Proclamation Without Emancipation
Know: Emancipation Proclamation, Butternut Region
Blacks Battle Bondage
Know: Frederick Douglass, 54th Massachusetts, Fort Pillow
Lee’s Last Lunge at Gettysburg
Know: Ambrose Burnside, Joe Hooker, George Meade, Gettysburg, Pickett’s Charge, Gettysburg
Address
Sherman Scorches Georgia
Know: William T. Sherman, March to the Sea
The Politics of War
Know: War Democrats, Peace Democrats, Copperheads, Clement L. Vallandingham
The Election of 1864
Know: Andrew Johnson, George McClellan, Mobile, Atlanta
Grant Outlasts Lee
Know: The Wilderness, Cold Harbor, Grant the Butcher, Richmond, Appomattox Courthouse
The Martyrdom of Lincoln
Know: Ford’s Theater, John Wilkes Booth
The Aftermath of the Nightmare
Know: Lost Cause