Chapter 20 Review Flashcards
Lincoln’s inaugural address said what?
That there would be no conflict unless the South provoked it.
What was the name of the South Carolina location where Confederate forces fired the first shots of the Civil War in April 1961?
Fort Sumter
What five states made up the “border states?”
Missouri, Kentucky, Maryland, Delaware, and West Virginia
How did Lincoln keep the border states in the Union?
By telling them that the war was not about abolishing slavery, but instead about protecting the Union.
Who had more talented military officers?
The Confederacy
What was one of the south’s largest handicaps?
Lack of factories/ economy in general
What often makes a revolution successful that the Confederates did not get?
Foreign intervention
Who did working people in Britain and France want to win the war?
The North.
What crop ultimately failed the South?
Cotton
(Definition) Diplomatic row that threatened to bring the British into the Civil War on the side of the Confederacy after a Union warship stopped a British steamer and arrested two Confederate diplomats on board.
Trent Affair
What year was the Dominion of Canada formed?
1867
(Definition) Petition requiring law enforcement officers to present detained individuals before the court to examine the legality of the arrest. Protects individuals from arbitrary state actions. Suspended by Lincoln during the Civil War.
Writ of Habeas Corpus
(Definition) Uprising, mostly of working class Irish Americans, in protest of the draft. Rioters were particularly incensed by the ability of the rich to have substitutes or purchase exemptions.
New York Draft Riots
What tariff increased duties back up to 1846 levels to raise revenue for the Civil War?
Morill Tariff Act
(Definition) Paper currency issued by the Union treasury during the Civil War. Inadequately supported by gold, they fluctuated in value throughout the war.
Greenbacks
