10/16 U.S history exam part 1 Flashcards
Where did the final surrender of Lee’s Army of Nothern Virginia take place?
Appomattox
In what 3-day battle was the Confederacy crushed, making it the turning point of the war?
the Battle of Gettysburg (Pennsylvania)
President of the Confederacy
Jefferson Davis
The Confederates first invasion of the North
the Battle of Antietam (or Sharpsburg), Maryland
This early war strategy called for a three-pronged assault on the Confederacy
the Anaconda plan
Confederate sympathizer who assassinated Lincoln
John Wilkes Booth
Legislation that set aside 44 million acres of land for freed slaves
1866 Southern Homestead Act
Northerners who moved south after the war hoping to make money off the South’s economic Plight
Carpetbaggers
White southern Democrats who joined the Republican Party during Reconstruction
Scalawags
President who vetoed important civil rights Reconstruction legistation
Andrew Johnson
What was the immediate cause that began the Civil War
Fort Sumter. The immediate cause was Constitutional principle: the U.S. government refused to recognize the southern states’ right to secede from the Union, and the C.S. John Browns raid, lincolns election of 1860, and the secession of southern states
What was Lincoln’s primary goal at the outset of the war?
reunited the U.S, Union
What actions by Lincoln violated the U.S Constitution?
- Spent money: suspending the Writ of Habeas Corpus.
- Increase the size of army
- Called for the blockade of Southern port.
What was the purpose of the Emancipation Proclamation?
Keep Britain out of the war.
Why did Lincoln not respond with force when the Conderates threatened to attack Fort Sumter?
He didn’t want to be a person who start the war (blame)
