CHAPTER 14 Flashcards
Approximately how many Union and Confederate soldiers died during the Civil War?
750,000.
At Antietam:
the nation suffered more casualties than on any other day in its history.
As a general, what was George McClellan’s biggest contribution to the Union’s ultimate victory?
He molded the Army of the Potomac into an effective fighting force.
Lincoln was hesitant to support abolition early in the war because he:
feared losing the support of the slaveholding border states within the Union.
Lincoln’s issuance of an emancipation proclamation:
followed the narrow Union victory in the Battle of Antietam.
The Emancipation Proclamation of January 1, 1863:
did not apply to the border slave states that had not seceded.
After comparing the presidencies of Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis, what conclusion can be made?
Lincoln was pragmatic in his decision making.
Starting in 1863, why did Frederick Douglas believe that African-Americans should serve as soldiers in the Union army?
They needed to take ownership of their freedom.
Besides preserving the Union, how else has Lincoln’s legacy lived on in today’s America?
He overcame regional differences to build a new nation-state.
With regard to civil liberties during the Civil War, President Lincoln:
suspended the writ of habeas corpus.
What did the Morrill Land Grant College Act establish?
It helped create colleges.
The Thirteenth Amendment:
abolished slavery throughout the United States.
How can the treatment of Native Americans by the Confederacy be characterized?
They were given a say in the Confederate government.
What was the spark for a deadly riot in New York in 1863?
A military draft.
“King Cotton diplomacy” led Great Britain to:
find new supplies of cotton outside the South.
