Abraham Lincoln

Question 1

Term

Answer 1

1861-1865

Question 2

Party

Answer 2

Republican

Question 3

Trent Affair

Answer 3

Began in 1861, confederate diplomats-James M.Mason,and John Slidell- slipped through inneffective union blockadeto Havana Cuba, where they boarded a English Streamer( the Trent), for england. waiting in the frigid waters of cuba, the American Frigate, San Juanito, commanded by Charles Wilkes. without authorization he stopped the british vessel, arrested the diplomats carried them in triumph into boston only to learn that the British government demanded the releasment of the diplomats and a apology. due to hot public sentiment, both lincoln and seward aware that wilkes had violated a maritime law waied till things cooled off so they could freee the diplomats and issue an apology. (Brinkly pg.391)

Question 4

Homestead Act

Answer 4

the homested act of 1862 permitted any citizen or prospective citizen to claim 160 areas of public land and to purchase it for a small fee after living on it for 5 years. ( Brinkly pg. 378)

Question 5

Shiloh

Answer 5

April 1862, A big win for the union forces in which Ulysses S. Grant with apporximately 40,000 men were advancing south ( nearby Shiloh Tennessee) only to be met with confederate forces equalling its own commanded by Albert Sidney Johnston and P.G.T. Beauregard. the result being the battle of Shiloh April 6-7. Johnston died but union forces were forced to retreat but luckily reinforced with 25,00 ment they were able to regain lost ground and force Beauregard to withdraw. (Brinkly pg 394)

Question 6

Antietam

Answer 6

September 1862,due to the luck of attaining a copy of lee’s orders, McClellan had a step forward on everything and instead of attacking quickly to eliminate lee’s forces, he waited till they got together at Antietam creek were on September 17 ( the bloodiest single-day engagement) McClellan 87,000 man attacked lees 50,000 with enormous casualties at both sides. instead of defeating lee’s forces he let them escape, after that he was dismissed by Lincoln.

Question 7

Crittenden Compromise Failure

Answer 7

Brinkley 372

1861 Compromise between the North and the South written by Senator John Crittenden of Kentucky that called for amendments to the Constitution to ensure the permanent existance of slavery in slave states, and ensure slavery in D.C. It also proposed reinstating the Missouri Compromise Line.

No Republicans were willing to accept this Compromise and it failed

Question 8

Secession Crisis

Answer 8

Binkley 372

South Carolina left the Union in 1860
Mississippi left in 1862 along with Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, and Texas.

Lincoln stated that the states had no right to leave the Union and that leaving the Union was an act of treason

Question 9

Fort Sumter

Answer 9

Brinkley 372-74

1861 Union fort on an island outside of South Carolina that the Confederacy demanded surrender to. People of Fort Sumter Refused and the Confederacy began bombing the fort for two days until Anderson surrendered.

Marked the start of the Civil War

Question 10

Civil War

Answer 10

Brinkley Chapter 14
1861-1865
North/Union fighting the South/Confederacy over the issue of slavery
Ended when Lee surrendered to Grant at the Appomatox courthouse in 1861
North won
THE SOUTH WILL RISE AGAIN!

Question 11

First Battle of Bull Run 1861

Answer 11

Brinkey 393
First Battle of Manasas
Union troops almost beat Confederates but the Confederates rallied causing the Union troops to break formation and retreat. Confederates were too disorganized to pursue the retreating forces and missed an opportunity.
Killed Union moral
Made Lincoln realize the war wouldnt be an easy win like he hypothesized.

Question 12

Income Tax 1861

Answer 12

Brinkley 378

First income tax ever imposed by America.
Enforced in the north to help pay for the war
Took 10% of incomes over $5000
Only funded a small portion of the war

Question 13

Appomattox Court House April 1865

Answer 13

http: //en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Appomattox_Court_House
- -The final battle location where the Confederate Army under Robert E. Lee surrendered to the Union Army under Ulysses S. Grant.
- -Ended the American Civil War

Question 14

Ten Percent Plan

Answer 14

http: //en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ten_percent_plan
- -A Reconstruction Plan for the teen statement of Southern States
- -A State could rejoin the union when 10% of the vote count pledged allegiance to the U.S. and to abide by emancipation
- -Returned Louisiana, Tennessee, and Arkansas to the Union
- -Intended to further Emancipation policy

Question 15

Wade-Davis Bill

Answer 15

http: //en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wade-Davis_Bill
- -A bill proposed for the Reconstruction of the South written by Henry Davis and Benjamin Wade
- -In contrast to the leniency of the 10% plan, it proposed a majority of a state to take the Ironclad Oath
- -Pocket-vetoed by President Lincoln
- -Was a harsher version of 10% plan

Question 16

Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination

Answer 16

http: //en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lincoln_assassination
- -President Lincoln was shot by John Wilkes Booth while at a theatre
- -April 14th 1869
- -5 days after the surrender if the Confederate Army
- -First President to be assassinated
- -Andrew Johnson became President
- -Caused bitterness between North and South which sucked because they were trying to reconstruct the country not separate it yet again.