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A new birth of freedom - the Civil War + its aftermath Flashcards

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Slavery + the causes of the Civil War

what made the North richer than the South

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6x more factories

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Slavery + the causes of the Civil War

what was the south economy based on

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cotton and 4 million slaves

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Slavery + the causes of the Civil War

examples of people fighting against slavery in the north

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The Liberator + National anti-slavery society

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Slavery + the causes of the Civil War

how many members of the National Anti - slavery society in 1838

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250,000

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Slavery + the causes of the Civil War

who are the people called that were against slavery in the north

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abolitionists

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Slavery + the causes of the Civil War

who ran the ‘Underground Railroad’ + who were they

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Harriet Tubman and Frederick Douglaass
- escaped slaves

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Slavery + the causes of the Civil War

when was the Clay Comprimise

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1850

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Slavery + the causes of the Civil War

what was the Clay Comprimise

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california was free

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Slavery + the causes of the Civil War

what was the Fugative Slave Act

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return of runaway slaves from the North

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Slavery + the causes of the Civil War

what did the 1854 Kansas - Nebraska act allow

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these states to choose thier position on slavery

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Slavery + the causes of the Civil War

what did Pres. Buchanan do

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helped save plantations in Kansas- Nebraska

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Slavery + the causes of the Civil War

what did the Dred Scott case mean

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blacks not US citizens

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Slavery + the causes of the Civil War

when was the Dred Scott case

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1857

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Slavery + the causes of the Civil War

when was the republican party set up

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1854

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Slavery + the causes of the Civil War

who was the republican party set up for

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factories and farmers who wanted land in the West

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Slavery + the causes of the Civil War

who lead the republican party

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Abraham Lincoln

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Decent into Civil War

when did Lincoln win presidency

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1860 election

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Decent into Civil War

what did Lincoln promise when he won the election

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free land to settlers in the West and to oppose expansion of slavery

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Decent into Civil War

who first voted to secede from the union

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South Carolina

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Decent into Civil War

fwhen did south carolina vote to secede from the union

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November 1860

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Decent into Civil War

who formed the Confederacy

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South Carolina + 6 other states

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Decent into Civil War

who did the Confederacy choose as president

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Jefferson Davis

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Decent into Civil War

what did the Confederacy do in April 1861

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attack Union - held Fort Sumter

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Decent into Civil War

who did the border slave states join

confederacy / union

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North to defend the Union

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African American experience of the Civil War 1861-1865 = Limited War

who were given labouring jobs + not allowed to fight

A

‘contrabands’ and free black volounteers

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African American experience of the Civil War 1861-1865 = Limited War

when were escaped slaves allowed to fight by union generals

A

1862

27
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African American experience of the Civil War 1861-1865 = Limited War

what was the new law in July 1862

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any captured slave-holding land automatically free

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African American experience of the Civil War 1861-1865 = Limited War

in 1862 how many slaves freed on the Sea Islands

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10,000

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African American experience of the Civil War 1861-1865 = Limited War

what were freed slaves on the Sea Islands made to do

A

set up own farms

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African American experience of the Civil War 1861-1865 = Limited War

where did Harriet Tubman become a nurse

A

Sea Islands

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Total War 1863-5

what did Lincoln promise in Sept 1862

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to free slaves unless Confederacy surrendered

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Total War 1863-5

when did the first Black regiment form in the Union army

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Autmn 1862

33
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Total War 1863-5

what jobs were the first Black regiment in the Union army often given

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heavy labour tasks

34
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Total War 1863-5

when was the Emancipation Proclamation

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1 Jan 1863

35
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Total War 1863-5

what did the Emancipation Proclamation do

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promised to free all slaves in the South

36
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Total War 1863-5

what did Sherman do

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freed many thousands on his March from Georgia to the Sea

37
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Total War 1863-5

when was the Equal Pay Act

A

June 1864

38
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Total War 1863-5

who was not included in the Equal Pay Act

A

black officers

39
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Total War 1863-5

when was the New York riots

A

July 1863

40
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Total War 1863-5

why was there riots in New York

why / reaction

A

Conscription Act forced all men 20-45 to join up
Working class whites angry at being forced to fight for African Am

41
Q

Reconstruction and betrayal 1865-7 Radical reconstruction (progress)

when did congress pass the 13th Ammendment

A

January 1865

42
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Reconstruction and betrayal 1865-7 Radical reconstruction (progress)

what did the 13th ammendment do

A

freeing all slaves

43
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Reconstruction and betrayal 1865-7 Radical reconstruction (progress)

when was lincoln shot

not a date

A

less than a week after the Confederate surrender

44
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Reconstruction and betrayal 1865-7 Radical reconstruction (progress)

who alloweed the Confederate states to rejoin the Union

A

Andrew Johnson

45
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Reconstruction and betrayal 1865-7 Radical reconstruction (progress)

who was the Confederate left in the hands of after they rejoined

A

plantion owners who passed the Black Codes

46
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Reconstruction and betrayal 1865-7 Radical reconstruction (progress)

when did the Congress set up a new reconstruction plan

A

Feb 1866

47
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Reconstruction and betrayal 1865-7 Radical reconstruction (progress)

what was the new reconstruction plan in 1866

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Freemans bureau permanent, Civil Rights bill, 14th Ammendment

48
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Reconstruction and betrayal 1865-7 Radical reconstruction (progress)

what was the 14th ammendment

A

citezenship regardless of colour

49
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Reconstruction and betrayal 1865-7 Radical reconstruction (progress)

describe the controll of Confedarate states

A

radicall

50
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Reconstruction and betrayal 1865-7 Radical reconstruction (progress)

2 ways of radical controll in the Confederate states

A

army enforced black rights, 5 millitary districts

51
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Reconstruction and betrayal 1865-7 Radical reconstruction (progress)

when was the 15th ammendment

A

Feb 1870

52
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Reconstruction and betrayal 1865-7 Radical reconstruction (progress)

how many blacks in political posts by 1870

A

2000

53
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Reconstruction loses its way

when was the election of Ulysses Grant

A

1868

54
Q

Reconstruction and betrayal 1865-7 Radical reconstruction (progress)

what was the 15th ammendment

A

all citizens have the right to vote

55
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Reconstruction loses its way

what happened at the start of Ulysses Grant election

A

progress stalled-resistance to federal interference + northern ‘carpetbaggers’

56
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Reconstruction loses its way

who lost majority in congress 1874

A

republicans

57
Q

Reconstruction loses its way

who intimidated voters in elections 1870s

A

power of KKK and White League

58
Q

Reconstruction loses its way

what where the govt other priorities

A

widening frontier + wars with NAs , economic difficulties so lack of funds, fear of interfering within states

59
Q

Reconstruction loses its way

how did the Supreme Court allow blacks to be treated unequally in 1873

A

segregation

60
Q

Reconstruction loses its way

when did the supreme corut say federal govt couldnt protect blacks

A

1875

61
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Reconstruction loses its way

hpow where the federal govt going to protect blacks in 1875

A

intervene within states

62
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Reconstruction loses its way

when were the last troops removed from the south

A

1877

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