Chapter 16

Question 0

Fort Sumter

Answer 0

Charleston, SC

• Boeregard surrounded the fort, Lincoln was sending supply ships
• Lincoln said it was just supplies
• Boeregard said NOPE ACT OF WAR, and attacked

Question 1

Crittenden Compromis

Answer 1

• would’ve worked, because it would of became a 13th Anendment
• Lincoln said NO ABSOLUTELY NOT AT ALL ANY TIME EVER

Question 2

More Secession (for South)

Answer 2

VA, NC, TN, ARL did secede too

• VA symbolic, close to capitol, huge population, transportation, Lee
• Richmond became capitol to thank Virginia for seceding

Question 3

More Secession (for North)

Answer 3

MO, KT, MD, DL didn’t secede

• MO, slave going down, would be attack first if with South
• KT- food, military, Ohio River, population to pull from
• MD- keeps capitol not surrounded by South
• West VA- new state with North

Question 4

Union Strategy

Answer 4

1 take Richmond
2 blockade the South by sea
3 divide the South by taking the Mississippi River

-2 works well

Question 5

Two Theaters if War

Answer 5

East- taking Richmond, 2 battles of Lee, Gettysburg and Antietam
West- Everything along Miss River- New Orleans, Vicksburg, Shiloh Church

Question 6

First Battle of Bull Run

Answer 6

• 1862 Manassas Junction (South)
• McDowell- army of Union, take Richmond by land
• “Stonewall” Jackson- held for holding Manassas Jackson
• shows the Union that this was going to harder than we thought

Question 7

Morill Tariff

Answer 7

47% protective tariff

Question 8

Homestead Act

Answer 8

Free 160 acres but make it better

• income and property tax
• raised Gross Domestic Product

Question 9

Morill Land Grant Act

Answer 9

To make sure there is money for schools

Question 10

Pacific Railway Act

Answer 10

-constructed a mechanism to build the transcontinental railroad
Checker Board Layout:
Black spaces are 10 mile squares for companies, but they have to build the railroad, they then sell the land. The white part is for fed govt they also sell land

LOOK IN NOTES IT’S AMAZING

Question 11

Legal Tender Act (LTA)

Answer 11

Made a national currency called “greenbacks”

Question 12

National Banking Acts (1863 and 1864)

Answer 12

-anything that crosses a state line is an extra 10% unless you use greenbacks
-gets people to want greenback, causing banks to have to ask for them, but if they want them:
1 we regulate your stuffs
2 1/3 of deposits to war bonds

-generates money for govt during war

Question 13

Rich Man’s War and a Poor Man’s Fight

Answer 13

Both in North and South

Question 14

South Rich:Poor quote

Answer 14

Exempt:
1 could buy a substitute
2 one white man for a plantation with 20+ slaves

Question 15

North Rich:Poor quote

Answer 15

Exempt:
1 pay for substitute
2 300 dollars to buy out, hard

Why is it Rich complimenting?
-the former slaves could be cheap labor force when they move North