Civil War Flashcards

1
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What type of organization was the Ku Klux Klan?

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White supremacist

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What did black codes do?

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Prohibited free African-Americans from receiving farmland and orphans could be assigned to forced labor.

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3
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Southern slaves created a type of music known as

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Gospel tradition

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Although free many African-Americans in the south suffered from mob violence. This could turn into____ an extreme form of violence.

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Linching

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5
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The civil war began with ____ seceding from the union.

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South

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After Antietam President Lincoln issued the ______ although it had no effect on slaves living in the Confederate territory.

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Emancipation proclamation

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What invention increase the demand for slave labor and who invented it?

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He invented the cotton gin. Eli Whitney.

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Lincoln feared Kentucky Maryland and Missouri might secede if he dealt with the issue of___

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Emancipation

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Constitutional amendment States from denying rights to any citizen of the United States

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14th

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10
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Legislation passed that created a free state two new slave territories and required federal assistance in recovering runaway slaves was the_____

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Compromise of 1850

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This legislation bestowed citizenship to African-Americans and promised equal protection under the law

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Civil rights act

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This legislation promise that any land south of 36° 30 latitude line would be open to slavery. It also admitted Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state.

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Missouri compromise

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The ______ allowed two territories to determine by popular vote whether slavery or not. This lead to violence in the territories.

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The Kansas-Nebraska act

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What war of 1840s brought the United States new lands that could be settled by slaveholders?

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War of Mexico

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This action led by John Brown, brought attention to slavery and increased northern opposition to it

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He led an interracial band of 21 men in an attack on federal arsenal in happers.

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President Lincoln Signed the _______ proclaiming all slaves under the confederate control would be free.

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Emancipation Proclamation

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17
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What did the compromise of 1850 allow?

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California would be a free state. Utah and New Mexico citizens could determine free or slave. Slave trading in DC would be prohibited.

18
Q

Machine made cotton farming more profitable?

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Cotton grin

19
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This constitutional amendment gave the right to vote to all male citizens regardless of their race, color or former condition of servitude

20
Q

What do you think President Lincoln Second inaugural address meant

21
Q

The impeachment of President Andrew Johnson was an example of Congress exercising

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Checks and balances

22
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The Dred Scott decision by the supreme court was an example of?

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Judicial review

23
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What important military action did the north take during the civil war to restrict supplies reaching the south

24
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What was grants terms of surrender for the Confederates at Appomattox courthouse

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Confederate soldiers would not be prosecuted for treason

25
Why did northern politicians oppose the extension of slavery into the new territories gained with the Louisiana purchase
The north didn't want to see the South gain more seats
26
The compromise of 1850 allowed the admittance of which state to the union as a free state
California
27
Why did Jefferson Davis favor a defensive war for the Confederates
North have the advantages
28
What led Southerners to become sharecroppers after the civil war
Cause African-Americans didn't get paid enough money
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System where land owner provided land, season supplies in exchange for a portion of expected crop is called______
Sharecropping
30
What role did African-Americans play in the fighting of the Civil War?
Needed more soldiers taking part in engagements
31
List actions by President Johnson that angered radical Republicans
Violated the tenure office act. Didn't control terrorist organizations( KKK) Dedos Congress legislation
32
Once General Grant assumed overall command of the Union forces, he ordered his generals William Tecumseh Sherman and Philip Henry Sheridan to pursue a policy of?
Burn it all
33
What was the south first military object in after South Carolina seceded?
Obtain and control fort Sumter
34
List the reasons that were debated in the 1800s lead to a rise in sectionalism
South slavery South feels like they are losing state rights Different viewpoints Dispute over seats and senate
35
Problems faced African-Americans living in the north during reconstruction?
Low-paying jobs and racism
36
How did the underground railroads assist escaped slaves?
Secret meetings Staging work
37
What was the majority opinion of the Supreme Court in the Dred Scott case?
Scott's were legally Inslaved.were property
38
What affected poll taxes have in the south?
No one had anybody to pay to vote. | Reading writing test
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What is the purpose of black codes | What are examples of black codes
Back codes was a law that severely restricted the rights of newly freed African-Americans Poll tax Black codes prohibited free African-Americans from receiving farmland African-American orphan could be assisted to forced labor
40
After the war many former slaves left Kansas. What were these former slaves called?
Exodusters