Need to Know Pt.2 Flashcards

1
Q

What was the triggering event for secession?

A

President Lincoln being elected in 1860

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2
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Why did Lincoln put the proclamation out?

A

war strategy and to abolish slavery

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3
Q

What happened to the bleeding Kansas?

A

people flooding into the states and end up fighting

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4
Q

Why was the fugitive slave act passed?

A

for southerners to get their slave back if they ran away

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5
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Disadvantages for the North?

A
  • lacked good military leadership
  • inexperienced soldiers
  • most battles were in unknown land
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6
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Why did Lincoln’s presidency come to an end?

A

assassinated 6 days after the war ended

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7
Q

famous conductor of the underground railroad?

A

Harriet Tubman

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8
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two battles took place on northern sites.

A

Gettysburg and Antietam

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9
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Why did prices go up in the south during the war?

A

the North was cutting off the south from supplies and they had no factories of their own

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10
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Why was the Freedman’s Bureau created?

A

To help newly freed Black Americans start their lives

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11
Q

woman’s jobs during wartime?

A

nurse

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12
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What did Sherman do on his journey and why?

A

destroy everything in his path to crush an demoralize the south

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13
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What battle did Lincoln give EP after?

A

Antietam

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14
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Secede meaning:

A

To break apart or leave

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15
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Disadvantages of the south

A
  • easily split into two if North took control of the Mississippi
  • few factories to produce military supplies
  • no navy at war’s start
  • lack railroads
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16
Q

Who wrote Uncle Tom’s cabin?

A

Harriet Beecher Stowe

17
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Missouri Compromise = Compromise of 1820 outcome?

A

an agreement made by Congress in 1820 under which Missouri was admitted to the Union as a state that allowed enslavement and Maine was admitted as a state that banned enslavement. 30 36 line cross Louisiana Purchase anything north no slavery and anything South slavery was allowed

18
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outcome of Compromise of 850

A

the agreement made in order to admit California into the union as a state in which slavery was illegal. Texas is added as a slave state. included allowing New Mexico and Utah territories t decide whether to allow slavery through popular sovereignty. Outlaws the trade of enslaved people in Washington D.C. created a stronger law targeting fugitives from slavery

19
Q

Outcome of the Kansas- Nebraska Act

A

an act passed in 1854 that created Kansas and Nebraska territories and abolished the Missouri Compromise by allowing settlers to determine whether slavery would be aloud in the new territories. Tensions rise in Kansas between North and south and they end up getting into battle

20
Q

how many candidates ran in the 1860 election?

A

4

21
Q

primary goal of civil War when started and end goal

A

primary goal: keep Union together
end goal: abolish slavery

22
Q

northern Democrat political view

A
  • liked popular sovereignty
  • fed. gov’t should play a little role
  • decisions left to individual states
  • citizens should choose if free or slave
23
Q

what is the 15th amendment?

A

secured the right to vote regardless of race, color, or previous enslavement

24
Q

who created the anaconda plan?

A

Winfield Scott

25
Q

What is the capital of confederacy?

A

Richmond, Virginia

26
Q

When did the war end?

A

April 9, 1865

27
Q

What does she image of the snake mean?

A

Anaconda Plan

28
Q

What did Grant and Lee have in common?

A
  • West Point Grad
  • fearless in battle
  • Mexican-American war
29
Q

Grant was…..

A

slob and unconditional surrender

30
Q

Lee was……

A

refined and brilliant strategist