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| name given to paper money that was issued by the government |
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| as the Civil War was to preserve the Union |
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| the wearing down of one side by the other through exhaustion of soldiers and resources |
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| were the Confederacy's strongest resource during the Civil War Years |
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| consisted of having seven military colleges and more slaves to work |
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| name given to Peace Democrats by Republicans because they were viewed as traitors |
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| incident in which a Union warship intercepted a ship carrying two Confederate Diplomats |
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| created a national currency and allowed the government to issue paper money |
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| commitment to states' rights often interfered with his ability to conduct the war |
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| refers to a persons' right not to be imprisoned unless charged with a crime and given a trial |
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| included more railroads, having experienced naval officers, many ships, and a larger population |
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| the forcing of people into military service by states led to a major disagreement between Republicans and Democrats |
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| the battle between the North and the South was the first "modern" war because it involved huge volunteer armies rather than small disciplined armies with limited goods |
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| would wage a defensive war of attrition, because Davis believed that it would force the Union to spend its resources until it became tired of the war and then agree to negotiate |
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| this future commander of the Confederate army, was one of hundreds of military officers who resigned from the United States Army to join the Confederacy |
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| did not accept command of the Union because Virginia was his home state |
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| strategy for defeating the south that was scorned by Northern newspapers |
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| proposed controlling the Mississippi River and dividing the Confederacy |
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| main point was to blockade Southern ports because that would force the Confederates to run out of resources faster and thus surrender |
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