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Civil War Test Flashcards

1
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Differences between North and South

A

North:
Anti- slavery
Bigger population
Manufacturing/industry

South:
Pro-Slavery
Smaller population
Farming

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Why were state rights the cause of the civil war?

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Southern states tried to leave union b/c they believed
State power > federal power

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Missouri Compromise

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Red Line! 11 free and 11 slave states

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Popular sovereignty

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State decided if they wanted to become a free/slave state through majority vote

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5
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John Brown’s Raid

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Raids weapons in Harper’s Ferry to give to slaves. He gets caught and executed

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Bleeding Kansas

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People across the US flock to Kansas to vote for free/slave state, both sides end up fighting

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Kansas Nebraska Act

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No more red line! Popular sovereignty determines free/slave state

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Dred Scott Decision

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Slaves couldn’t sue/send cases to court since they were considered property

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Years of the Civil War

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1861 - 1865

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Why did the South secede? First state?

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They didn’t want to be free states. First state to leave was South Carolina

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Lincoln’s goals at the start of the war

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Keep the Union together

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Advantages of the North and South

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North: more manufacturing, bigger population, more railroads

South: better generals

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Battle of Antietam & effect

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Confederate General Lee invades the North

North wins despite most losses (23,000 casualties)

Causes Lincoln to write the Emancipation Proclamation. Shifts war meaning from saving the Union to ending slavery

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Emancipation Proclamation

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Lincoln announces that slaves are free

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Battle of Gettysburg, which state? Effects?

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Both armies meet on accident In Pennsylvania, the goal was for the South to get one big win in the North

Largest # of casualties in the war in 3 days. The South won’t be offense

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16
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Battle of Vicksburg & effects

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Both sides wanted control of Mississippi River (to block trade), North wins

Union wins Vicksburg and controls Mississippi River, Ulysses Grant is now leader of army

17
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Sherman’s March to the Sea

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Goal was for the Union to take Atlanta, Georgia. Sherman wanted to use “total war”

Sherman’s armies destroyed civilian towns and resources to discourage South from fighting and punishment

Atlanta was last major South city, and allows Lincoln to win re-election

18
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Border states

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Slave states who stayed with the Union

  1. Delaware
  2. Maryland
  3. Kentucky
  4. Missouri
  5. West Virginia
19
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Lincoln Douglas Debates

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Lincoln was morally against slavery, but was only against the SPREAD of slavery

Douglas advocated for popular sovereignty

20
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Fort Sumter

A

Civil war starts here!

21
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Reconstruction

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12 years after the civil war, the federal government tries to rebuild the South

22
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Radical Republicans

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Wanted president Johnson out of office since he was Southern

23
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Lincoln’s Plan

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Lincoln originally wanted the South back into the Union ASAP, so 10% of state population had to pledge loyalty to rejoin, didn’t work due to his assassination

24
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13rd Amendment

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No more slavery!

25
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14th Amendment

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Birth right citizenship: automatically a citizen if born in the US

26
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15th Amendment

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Black MEN now allowed to vote

27
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Jim Crow Laws

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Segregated white and black people in public places and gave black people little legal rights

28
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Johnson’s plan

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Took Lincoln’s place as president after his assassination

Causes anger from Republicans in Congress since he is from the South

Johnson removes sec of war Edwin Stanton w/o approval -> is now impeached

Radical Republicans wanted Johnson out of office

Johnson gets to stay in Congress by 1 vote

Johnson allowed Southern states to participate in elections/vote

29
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Sharecropping

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System where poor people could work at plantations, but they would earn their crops instead of money

30
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KKK

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Ku Klux Klan - radical southern group who used violence to scare black people from voting and participating in society

31
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Grandfather Clause

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Someone could vote if their grandfather voted in past elections

32
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Literacy Test

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Intentionally difficult test used to disqualify illiterate ex-slaves from voting

33
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Poll tax

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$ required to vote

34
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Hayes Tilden Compromise 1876

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Tilden promises to end Reconstruction if he becomes president

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