Chapters 11-12 and Benchmark #3 Flashcards
15th amendment
Saying no one can be kept from voting because of race color or previous condition of servitude .
14th amendment
Made all persons born or naturalized In the us citizens of the country
Impeach
To formally charge the president with misconduct in office
Ulysses s grant , when was he elected president
1868
When was the emancipation proclamation issued and what happened because of it ?
In January 1st 1863 , didn’t free slaves immediately only applied to areas outside confederate lines .
How did lincoln low-ball his opponents ?
He jailed and deported them.
Who were copperheads ?
Northern Democrats who advocated peace with the south .
What was conscription ?
A draft that would force certain member of the population to serve in the army .
Why didnt the northerners want conscription ?
Because they didn’t want to fight with the slaves that would become free and take their jobs .
Who was Clara Barton ?
Famous war nurse who eventually started the USA branch of the American Red Cross.
What was the south short of in the war ?
Supplies, food, weapons , boots shoes .
What was Andersonville ?
A POW camp in GA.
What was Picketts Charge ?
When thousands of confederate troops we’re sent to break the union line , 7,000+ fatalities , the Union forces the South to be defensive .
What was the Battle of Gettysburg ?
3-day battle , 30,000+ killed , the turning point in the war.
What was the battle of Vicksburg ?
Fighting in the Mississippi River to cut the confederacy in half , forces the south to be in the defense , general lee makes a comeback.
Surrender at Appomattox
Lee surrendered to Grant after Sherman’s march that ended the war.
What amendment ended slavery ?
The 13th amendment
Where was lincoln killed ?
Fords theater by John Wilkes Booth a famous southern actor.
What was Lincoln’s plan for reconstruction ?
To have only 10% of the south to pledge and oath of loyalty to the Union, won’t be passed though because he’s dead.
What the Radical Republicans and Wade Davis Bill ?
Proposed that congress , not the president was responsible for the progress of reconstruction , 50% majority oath for the South
What was Johnson’s plan for reconstruction ?
The successful plan that declared if the remaining seceded states want to be re-admitted they would have to 1)withdraw succession 2)swear allegiance to the union 3)annul confederate war debts and 4) ratify the 13th amendment .
What was the freedmans bureau ?
Assisted former shaves and poor whites by distributing clothing and food , set up 40+ hospitals , 4000 schools and 74 teacher training centers .
What was the concern with adding new states to the union ?
The balance of shave and new states .
What was used to help stop the spread of slavery ?
Saying that slaves didn’t have the right to be citizens , they were property.
What did the Missouri Compromise , the compromise of 1850, and the Kansas Nebraska Act, have in common ?
They all dealt with having slaves in new territories .
What are states rights ?
A law saying that states could override federal law
What was the reaction to john browns raid ?
Caused shock for southern slave owners, put them on the defense .
Why did South Carolina secede ?
They seceded in 1860 because because of Lincoln’s election
What strengths did the north have against the south and vice versa.
The union had better troops and more supplies but the south had better trained army generals and leaders.
What were the three parts of the union strategy ?
1) Blockade
2) Gain Control of Mississippi River and port
3) Take control and seize the confederate capital of Richmond, VA .
Where were the first shots fired of the civil war ?
Fort Sumter .
What was the first significant battle after fort Sumter ?
The battle of bull run .
What were black codes ?
To limit the rights of of African Americans .
What did people do to restrict blacks from voting ?
1) installing black codes
2) grandfather clause
3) poll tax
Republican voters in the south were ??
Usually black men , the small percentage that could vote.
Which statement best describes the Republican Party position on slavery in the election of 1860?
There should be no further extension into the territories .
The republicans in congress interpreted the results of the election of 1866 as a sign of what ?
The belief among northerners that much more needed to be done to protect freedmen in the south.
Although important strides were made, reconstruction failed to provide lasting guarantees of the civil rights of the freedmen. Where could this possibly be from ?
A passage of Jim Crow laws in the latter part of the 19th century.
How were many African Americans in the south were affected by the end of reconstruction policies and the removal of union troops?
Jim Crow laws placed major restrictions on their rights even further.
