Chapter 14 and 15 Flashcards

1
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What year did the Civil war Begin?

A

1861

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2
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What were the causes of the civil war ( besides state secession )

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Economics, slavery, and patriotism

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3
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Which side had more leaders?

A

The South

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4
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Which side had to invade the other side?

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The North

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5
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Which side had more resources?

A

The North

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6
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Which side was more defensive?

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The South

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7
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Who was the most famous Southern general?

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Robert E. Lee

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8
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In what battle did Lee drive the Union forces out of Virginia?

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Second Battle of Manassas

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9
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What was the bloodiest battle in the war?

A

Antietam

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10
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What was the British ship illegal stopped by the union?

A

Trent

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11
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Where is the capital of the confederacy during the Civil war?

A

Richmond, Virginia

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12
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How long did the original Union army contracts last?

A

3 months

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13
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What battle made the North realize the war would not be over quickly?

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1st battle of Manassas

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14
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The Monitor(North) and Merrimack (South) were what kind of ships?

A

Iron Clad Ships

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15
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What state was ravaged by General Sherman?

A

Georgia

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16
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What speech was given by Abraham Lincoln to dedicate graveyard?

A

Gettysburg Address

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17
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what were the Southern merchant ships that bought supplies to southern ports despite the northern blockades?

A

blockade runners

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18
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What is the famous document that freed the slaves?

A

Emancipation Proclamation

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19
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What was General Jackson’s nickname?

A

Stonewall Jackson

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20
Q

Who suffered more on the home front during the war?

A

South

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21
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How many days after the Civil war was Abraham Lincoln assassinated?

A

5 days

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22
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Who was the first black to serve in Congress?

A

Hiram Revels

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23
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How many people died in the war?

A

650,000

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24
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What was McClellan’s army called?

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The Army of the Potomac

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What was the Anaconda Plan ( my anaconda don't )
To capture the Mississippi River and split to the confederacy in half
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Who was the North's best general?
Ulysses S.Grant
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What was the most extreme response to reconstruction
KKK
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What is the Term for national government's intent to rebuild the south?
reconstruction
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executive officials that were protected by tenure of office act?
cabinet members
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What is the term for political official being indicted?
impeachment
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How many votes away was Johnson from being removed from office?
one
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What state was unconstitutionally admitted during the war?
West Virginia
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Which side suffered more casualties?
North
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The removal of the federal troops ended the mark of what?
reconstruction
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Where did Grant surrender to Lee?
no where because Lee surrendered to grand.
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Where did Lee surrender to Grant
appomattox court house in Virginia
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What was the most server depression in the first 100 years?
panic of 73
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What were the border states?
Slave states that didn't secede
39
List the border states
Missouri, Kentucky, Maryland, and Delaware
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Who led the march to the sea?
William Tecumseh Sherman
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Where did Lee surrender to Grant?
Appomattox
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When did Abraham Lincoln die?
April 14, 1865
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Who was Hiram Revels?
The first black congressman
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What was the first state to secede?
South Carolina?
45
What did the court rule in Scott v. Sanford?
Blacks didn't have the right to vote
46
What was the North's plan to slowly cut of the South's ability to wage war?
the Anaconda plan
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What happened in "bleeding Kansas"
Sack of Lawrence, the Sumner brooks episode, and the Pottawatomie massacre
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Who had several debates with Lincoln?
Douglas
49
Who came up with the "secret six" rebellion plan, and was later tried and hanged?
John Brown
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Who was the confederate president?
Jefferson Davis
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What were carpetbaggers and scalawags defined as?
Traitors
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What were carpetbaggers?
Northern radicals that moved south
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What were scalawags?
People that supported the carpetbaggers
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What did the 13th amendment do?
Prohibited slavery
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What did the 14th amendment do?
Gave full citizenship to freed slaves
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What did the 15th amendment do?
Gave blacks the right to vote
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What was the compromise of 1877?
If Hayes was elected, then all of the troops would have to be removed from the South
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What did the Wade-Davis bill do?
It required military governors for each Southern state to pledge allegiance
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What was the Valley Campaign?
Stonewall Jackson and 15,000 men held off 50,000 Federal Troops in Virginia;s Shenandoah Valley
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What were southern supports in the North?
Copperheads
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What was Vicksburg?
important river port that brought supplies in and was very hard to attack due to its swap terrain.
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What was the major Charge that had many confederates under artillery fire and those who survived engaged in hand to hand combat?
Picket's Charge