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.
In July 1863, the Union won two key victories that are often identified as turning points in the war. These victories occurred at:
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, and Vicksburg, Mississippi.
What could be one possible reason that Robert E. Lee invaded the North in 1863?
He hoped to deliver a knockout blow to the Union.
What separated Grant from the other Union generals who commanded the Army of the Potomac?
Grant was willing to wage a war of attrition.
General Sherman marched from Atlanta to the sea in order to:
demoralize the South’s civilian population.
Besides ending slavery, the Civil War had what result?
Northern capitalists and industrialists came to dominate on the national scene, taking power away from the former southern slaveholder.
