11.5 Flashcards
Who was John Wilkes Booth?
Assassinated Lincoln in 1865
Who was Matthew Brady?
Photographer who took pictures of the battlefields and war scenes
Exposed people to the horror
Where did Robert E. Lee formally surrender?
Appomattox Court House, Virginia
April 9, 1865
What affect did Lincoln’s death have?
United northern supporters
Left the nation without someone to guide the Union
Intensified disagreement on how to reunite the nation
How did the North win the Civil War?
The South eventually ran out of supplies and resources
South failed to gain a European ally
North had more resources
Larger population
Determination of African Americans to end slavery
leadership of Lincoln/emergence of great military leaders
What impact did the war have on the South?
Total war had left many people homeless
African Americans adjusted to their freedom
What impact did the war have in the North?
Industrial boom continued and flourished
Congress passed a tariff law protecting the northern industries
What was the Land Grant a College Act?
Established state universities to teach agriculture and the mechanical arts
What impact did the war have on the nation?
Sectional differences never again led to states leaving the Union
Economic, political, and social life throughout became more interwoven
Federal government increasingly played a larger role in American lives
What is the Thirteenth Amendment?
Amendment that abolished slavery
Announced in 1865
