Election of 1864 Flashcards
Who was part of the Election of 1864
Abraham Lincoln and George McClennen
What did Lincon say about the Union
The Union had to be persevered
What did Geroge McClennan say about the Confederate
That the South should be allowed to secede to save American lives
What were the people that opposed Lincoln called
Copperheads
What two years did Lincoln get elected
1860 1864
When did Appomattox happen
1865
What happened in Appomattox
Ulysess S. Grant defeated Robert E. Lee
When did Rober E. Lee surrender to Ulysess S. Grant
April 9. 1865
What happened on April 14. 1865
Lincoln was shot by John Wilkes Booth
When was the 13th amendment ratified
1865
What did the Civil War end
State rights argument
Why did the Union need a plan
To admit the Southern states back into the Union
What are freedmen
They are former slaves
Where lots of former slaves living
In former Confederate states
Who became president after Lincoln died
Andrew Johnson
What did Andrew Johnson sympathize and why
He sympathized the South because he was a Southerner and a Democrat
What did Andrew Johnson offer
His own plan for reconstruction
Who were the people who opposed Andrew Johnson called
Radical Republicans
What does amendment 14 grant
All free man are given citizenship and equal protection
What des amendment 15 grant
Right to vote for African Americans
What did the Free Man’s Bureau provide
It provided food, clothing, shelter, and education to free man and war refugees
What did the Military Reconstruction act do
It divided the 10 unconstructed states into 5 military districts
Who was the first person to get impeached
Andrew Johnson
Who did Andrew Johnson remove and what did it violate
He removed Edin Stanton and it violated the Tenure of Office act
When was Edin Staton removed
February 1868
Who did Andrew Johnson replace general in the field with
Generals that are more sympathetic to Radical reconstruction
When did the House impeach Andrew Johnson
February 24 1868
How short was the Senate from impeaching Andrew Johnson
One short of required 2/3’s vote
What did Andrew Johnson do after Senate tried to impeach him
He finished his term
Who was Willam Bellrap and what did he do
Grant’s secretary of war, he accepted bribes from merchant’s operating at army posts in the West
What the Whiskey ring
A group of government officials and distillers in St. Louis cheated the government out of millions by filing false tax reports
