14 Retake Flashcards

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What was the issue at stake in the Trent affair

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The seizure of 2 southern diplomats on the high seas

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On 1861 the north went to war with the south primarily to

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Preserve the union

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What border state failed to join the union

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Tennesee

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In assessing the advantages and the disadvantages of the 2 sides, 1 calculation that was completely erroneous was

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High sides thought the war would be bloodless

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The early battles from 61-62 seemed to favor

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Southern armies

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The south did what to raise 60% income

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Printed paper money

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Lincoln had constitutional problems over

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Habeus corpus

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The twin evils of the southern economic condition were

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Scarcity of goods and inflation

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The most beneficial aspect if the war for women was

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Inroads for nursing careers

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The emancipation proclamation

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Ended slavery in territories under rebellion

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When the emancipation proclamation was issued, it’s immediate impact was to

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Strengthen the moral cause in the north

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What’s true about Marbury v Madison?

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Judicial review

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Antietam is considered pivotal in the outcome of the civil war because

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Forestalled the possibility of European intervention

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The unions most threatening problem from 61-63 was

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British recognition of the confederacy

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A direct impact of the civil war in the economy included all if the following except

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The emergence of trust as the new business form

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All of the following were factors in the defeat of the south except

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Slave uprisings

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Historians have argued that all of the following were causes if the civil war except

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The growing power of poor southern whites who resisted planter dominance and sought to abolish slavery

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All of the following laws will be passed during the civil war except

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The fugitive slave act

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The federal agency that aided most wounded soldiers during the civil war was the

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US sanitary commission

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During the civil war African Americans

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Served in combat in segregated units with white officers