American History 126: Section I Review Flashcards
Name four possible causual factors for the War Between the States.
- protective tariffs
- slavery
- states’ rights
- the Bank of the United States
___ challenged people to humble themselves before the God, confess, their national sins, and pray for forgiveness.
President Abraham Lincoln
Th first state to ___ from the Union was South Carolina.
secede
List the eleven Confederate States.
- Alabama
- Arkansas
- Florida
- Georgia
- Louisiana
- Mississippi
- North Carolina
- South Carolina
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Virginia
Allan Pinkerton’s organization was able to uncover a plot to sabotage the train President-elect Lincoln was taking to ___, Maryland.
Baltimore
List four important provisions of the Conferedate constitution.
- limited the central government
- prhibited the slave trade
- recognized and protected slavery itself
- prohibited protective tariffs
Mississippian Jefferson Davis served as President of the ___.
Confederacy
The opening shots of the War Between the States were fired on Fort ___.
Sumter
The War Between the States began in what year?
1861
Who wrote the words to “The Battle Hymn of the Republic”?
Julia Ward Howe
The song “___” was written by Daniel Decatur Emmett and became the Confederate war song.
Dixie
Three basic battle strategies of the Union were to:
- Blockade the Confederate coastline
- Gain control of the Mississippi and divide the South in two
- Seize Richmond, Virginia
The War Between the States was divided basically into two theaters of operation bounded by what three geographical features?
the Appalachian Mountains, Mississippi River, and Atlantic Sea
What is another name for the First Battle of Manassas?
Battle of Bull Run
General ___ was given the nickname Stonewall.
Thomas J. Jackson
The battle between the Monitor and the Merrimack was the first battle in history between two ___ warships.
ironclad
Who did Robert E. Lee consider to be his most able opponent?
George B. McClellan
What valley was the scene of Jackson’s Valley Comapaign?
Shenandoah Valley
Confederate General Jackson, Lee, and Longstreet participated in the Second Battle of ___.
Manassas
The Confederacy hoped to gain ___ by successfully invading the North.
foreign recognition
The first ___ was issued five days after the Battle of Antietam and only the freed slaves in the Confederate States.
Emancipation Proclamation
With the Emancipation Proclamation, Lincoln wanted to keep ___ nations from recognizing and aiding the South.
European
General McClellan was replaced by Union General ___.
Ambrose E. Burnside
The slaves in Delaware and Kentucky were not freed until the adoption of the ___ Amendement to the United States Constitution.
Thirteenth
