social studies civil war Flashcards
second quiz on the civil war
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Who was Abraham Lincoln?
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- He was the 16th president of the United states
- He was president during the Civil War
- He was assassinated in office
2
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Who was Andrew Johnson?
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- He was president during the Reconstruction Era
- A lot of his plans were unsuccessful; his reconstruction plan
- He was impeached in office because he replaced the cabinet wrong
3
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Who was Jefferson Davis?
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- He was president of the Confederate states of America
- He was president during the Civil War
- Prior to his office work, he was in the military
4
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Who was Robert. E. Lee?
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- He attended West Point (a really good military school)
- He became a supervisor at West Point and taught many students
- He was offered to lead the Northern Troops, but declined
- He declined the offer because he was loyal to Virginia, and helped them
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Who was Ulysses. S. Grant?
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- He was the 18th president of the United states
- He went to West Point as well, evenly though he didn’t want to
- He was eventually chosen as Commander of northern troops
- He was involved in many scandals as President but wasn’t impeached
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Who was George McClellan?
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- He served in the army during the Mexican American War
- He taught at West Point
- He retired from the military and took a job at the Illinois Central Railroad
- His men honored him, but President Lincoln didn’t like his style
- He ran for president against Lincoln but lost
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Who was William Tecumseh Sherman?
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- He is known mainly because of his march through the South
- In his march he defeated the Confederate troops and caused destruction
- His march was called “Sherman’s march the Sea.”
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Who was Stonewall Jackson?
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- He was the Confederate General of the South
- He was a tactical genius in battle
- He got the nickname “Stonewall” for his firm stance against Union Troops
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Who was Fredrick Douglass?
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- In 1818 Fredrick Douglass was born into slavery
- He was sold to work in Baltimore; during that time his owner’s wife taught him how to read and write
- At the age of around 20 he escaped and changed his name to avoid further capture
- He wrote his own autobiography called “Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass.” which talked about his own cruel experience with slavery
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Who was Sojourner Truth?
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- She was an abolitionist and a big woman’s right activist
- In 1797 Truth was born into slavery in New York
- In 1826 she escaped slavery with her daughter
- After her escape, she found out that she was an incredible speaker
- She gave speeches all over the place, describing what slavery was like
- Her most famous speech is known as “Ain’t I a woman?”
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Who was Harriet Tubman?
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- She was a spy and helped people escape through the underground railroad
- In 1849 she was afraid that she would be sold in the South, so she made an escape through the underground railroad
- After her own escape she went back to help free over 700 enslaved people!
- She used the North Star and safe houses to guide enslaved people to freedom
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Who was Harriet Beecher Stowe?
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- She was a white abolitionist who thought slavery was wrong
- She believed that slavery tore families apart
- She wrote many books, but her most famous one “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” shook the nation
- The book talked about the cruelty of slavery and how awful black individuals were treated
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Who was John Wilkes Booth?
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- He was the man who assassinated President Lincoln
- He wasn’t the only one who came up with the plan of killing Lincoln, it was a group of people called Conspirators
- After Booth shot Lincoln in the theater, he jumped down from the ledge and ran away, but the police caught him and ended his life
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Who was Clara Barton?
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- She was a school teacher before her time at the Civil War
- When the Civil war broke out Clara decided to help and become a nurse
- Clara helped so many people that she eventually got the nickname, “Angel of the Battlefield”
- Because of her help, she ended up creating the Red Cross Association which helped the US during all wartime
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Who was Belle Boyd?
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- Belle Boyd was a Southern Bell
- Belle was secretly a spy for the Confederacy, and helped them gather info
- She wasn’t afraid and eavesdropped on many conversations
- Belle was good at covering up, she always used her charm to get out of trouble
