Chapter 16: A New Birth of Freedom 1862-1865

Question 1

What did the battle of bull run reveal about the civil war

Answer 1

It would be a long and costly war

Question 2

What was important about the battle of Antietam directly

Answer 2

It was the first major civil war battle in the union and the bloodiest day of the war

Question 3

What was important about the battle of Antietam effect

Answer 3

Lincoln made the emancipation proclamation

Question 4

How much of the union army was African American men

Answer 4

10%

Question 5

what was the bloodiest BATTLE of the war

Answer 5

Gettysburg

Question 6

What was on way women gained respect through the war

Answer 6

They filled mens jobs in the war

Question 7

What was one way women contributed to the war effort

Answer 7

When the war broke out they filled in as nurses and hospital staff

Question 8

What was the first draft in america called

Answer 8

The enrollment act

Question 9

Who was the 54th Massachusetts Infantry made entirely up of?

Answer 9

African Americans

Question 10

How were African American soldiers treated during the war?

Answer 10

• They received less pay
• Harsher treatment
• Not used as extensively in combat
• Segregated units of troops

Question 11

Which prominent abolitionist supported the creation of the 54th Massachusetts Regiment? Why?

Answer 11

Frederick Douglass because two of his sons were in the regiment and it was led by anti-slavery officers

Question 12

What fort did the 54th Massachusetts Infantry have an attack on?

Answer 12

Fort Wagner (SC)

Question 13

How did the Infantry perform at Fort Wagner?

Answer 13

The attack failed and the regiment lost half of all troops, but the attack was recognized and praised by Abraham Lincoln.

Question 14

What was contained in the 13th Amendment?

Answer 14

ABOLITION OF SLAVERY

Question 15

What was the process of getting the amendment ratified?

Answer 15

The Senate originally approved, but the House did not. However, after Lincoln’s reelection, the amendment was ratified.

Question 16

What was Sherman’s March to the Sea?

Answer 16

Sherman decided that in order to win, “total war” must be waged on the Confederacy. He wanted to lead his troops through Confederate lands, destroying every building, railroad, etc.

Question 17

What impact did Sherman’s March to the Sea have on the Confederacy?

Answer 17

Sherman’s March destroyed TONS of everything in the Confederacy, so it was overall weakened. On top of this, many Confederated started to believe that they had no chance to win the war, so morale and support for the war dropped.

Question 18

Who are the copperheads and what did they want?

Answer 18

Term used by Republicans to describe Peace Democrats to imply that they were traitors to the Union.

Question 19

Who is Clement Vallandigham and why did he join the Copperheads?

Answer 19

Clement Vallandigham was a Ohio politician. He did not believe in the Republican Party, but rather in the Southern ideologies. He joined the copperheads because he didn’t believe in a war against the South.

Question 20

Why was Vallandigham arrested? Why was he tried in a military court?

Answer 20

He was arrested because he was going against the North values - and suggested that the North gives in to want the South wanted. A military convicted him of of treason for aiding and and abetting the enemy.

Question 21

What is martial law? Why was it initiated?

Answer 21

Marital law - government by military force rather than by citizens. It was initiated so that the North had power to have control over different issues (arrests and trials).

Question 22

What is the “Twenty Negro Law”?

Answer 22

Confederate conscription law that exempted from the draft one white man on every plantation owning 20 slaves or more. The purpose was to exempt owners who would ensure discipline over the slaves and keep up production.