4th Nine Weeks Test Flashcards
Who was the only person in Arkansas that voted NOT to secede from Union; became governor of “Union” Arkansas
Isaac Murphy
Number of people who served in Union forces and people in Confederate forces in AR
8000 Union
60000 Confederate
Commanding Confederate general
Robert E. Lee
After which battle did Lincoln raise a “real” army?
First Battle of Bull Run
Commanding Union general at Battle of Shiloh
Ulysses S. Grant
Bloodiest day in American history
Antietam
Union victory that successfully cut Confederacy in half
Battle of Vicksburg
City that became head of state government after Little Rock captured
Washington AR
Largest battle west of the Mississippi River
Pea Ridge
General that used “total war” in Arkansas
Thomas Hindman
Confederate camp near Cabot that marks death from disease of around 1500 soldiers
Camp Nelson
Union plan to take Shreveport; included taking Little Rock
Steels Southern Campaign
Location for the final surrender of Civil War
Appomattox Court House
Describe Emancipation Proclamation
Freed all slaves in the Confederacy
Organization formed to educate black citizens, feed poor and establish hospitals
Freedman’s Bureau
Describe Brooks Baxter War
Conflict between 2 Republicans running for AR governor resulting in 200 deaths
Describe sharecropper
Farmer who rents land and receives portion of profit from crop after paying fees to landowners
Describe iron-clad oath
Required sworn loyalty to the United States both before and following the Civil War
Democrats who came to power after Republicans ending Reconstruction
Redeemers
13th amendment
Prohibited slavery
14th amendment
All people born or naturalized cannot be denied rights of citizenship based on their race, nation of origin, or previous condition of servitude
15th amendment
All citizens had the right to vote
Three groups that held political position in Arkansas at beginning of reconstruction
- African Americans
- Scalawags
- Carpet Baggers