Social Studies Midterm 2016 Flashcards
Who takes over as commander and makes sure his soldiers are always trying their best, he is strict, implements total war, he over sees the surrender
Grant
Who led the Union in Sherman’s March to Sea, captured Atlanta
Sherman
Who is Lee’s second in command, he sends his troops up hill in waves, he looses
Longstreet
Who was the president of the CSA
Jefferson Davis
Who was late to the battle of Gettysburg, he was a Calvary Man, was told to find out where the Union men were coming from instead he raided a town and did not tell Lee where he was going
J.E.B. Stuart
Who won the first battle of Bull run?
Confederacy
What was the significance of the battle of bull run?
Everyone thought it would be a quick and speedy war, but this battle proved it would be long and dreadful
Who was the winner of the battle of Anteitam?
Inconclusive but Lincoln told the union that the win went to them
What document was released at the result of the battle of Anteitam?
Emancipation Proclaimation
What formation did the Union hold at Gettysburg by day 2?
Fishhook formation
What main event happened on the second day of Gettysburg?
The battle of Little Round Top
Who won on the second day of Gettysburg during the battle of little round top?
Union wins the bayonet charge
What main event happened on the 3rd day of Gettysburg?
Pickets charge
Who won pickets charge, why?
Union because the confederates over fired and missed the union line
Who won Vicksburg?
Union
What is a siege?
A miny blockade, a surrounding around an area and waiting until the enemy gives up
How long did the siege of Vicksburg last?
47 days
Vicksburg and what other event made up the turning point of the civil war?
Gettysburg
Which event led to the secession of southern states from the Union?
Abe wins the election of 1860
Which invention promoted more cotton production in the south
The cotton gin
Did the cotton gin increase or decrease the need for slaves?
Increase
How did the emancipation proclamation change the reason for union soldiers to fight?
It boosted the union moral, shifting from preserving the union to freeing the slaves
At what event was the Gettysburg address given?
Dedication of the National Cemetery
Who won the election of 1864?
Lincoln
How did Lincoln win the election?
He had a democratic running mate and Sherman captures Atlanta
Who were the two African Americans who were voted into senate for the first time, they were from Mississippi?
Hiram Revels and Blanche Bruce
Who were the leaders of the radical republicans
Thaddeus Stevens and Charles Sumner
Was the wade Davis bill or the 10% plan more generous?
10% plan
Who wanted to reduce power of wealthy senators and give African Americans the right to vote; extremist, political party that dominated the reconstruction era?
Radical republicans
What provided aid to freedman including food, clothing, and setting up school?
Freedman’s Bureau
Was a candidate in the 1876 election and won?
Rutherford B. Hayes
What political party was Rutherford B. Hayes?
Republican
Ran for president in the election of 1876 did not win?
Samuel Tilden
What political part was Samuel Tilden
Democrat
Who were men sent to the south for political or financial gain
Carpetbaggers
Who were southerners who aggreed with the north, wanted power and influence, supported reconstruction
Scalawags
For both the 10% plan and the wade Davis bill which amendment needed to be ratified before a confederate state could re-join the union?
13th
What process or sharing land to freedman did sharecropping tonight?
40 acres and a mule
What laws created by the Radical Republicans served as the ancestor for the 14th amendment?
Civil Rights Act of 1866
What are black codes?
Laws created in southern states, told free slaves what they could and couldn’t do, segregation
Did Blackcodes stay in effect throughout the whole course of reconstruction?
No
What amendment did black codes try to work around?
13th
What are Jim Crow laws?
Sate laws created in the south enforcing segregation based on life, technically equal- FAIR IS NOT ALWAYS EQUAL
What amendment did the Jim Crow laws try to work around?
14th
What amendment did literacy tests, grandfather clause, and poll taxes like to work around?
15th
Who was targeted in the grandfather clause, literacy tests, and poll taxes?
Freedmen, however in somethings poor and uneducated whites were also targeted
What is the grandfather clause?
If you, your father, or your grandfather was able able to vote before 1876 then you bypass all other laws
Who was in charge during presidential reconstruction?
Andrew Johnson
Who was in charge during congressional reconstruction?
Radical Republicans
Which phase in reconstruction completed more?
Congressional
Which phase in reconstruction lasted longer?
Congressional
What does impeachment mean?
The attempt or process to remove a leader; trial
What was the final verdict of the impeachment?
Not guilty
How did the results of Johnsons impeachment impact the radical republicans
The radical republicans start to loose their power
Why did congress have to come up with a compromise in the election
Neither candidate reached the electoral vote; 20 disputed votes
What was promised to the losing party in the compromise of 1877?
Reconstruction had to come to an end: soldiers leave the south Put a democrat in the presidential cabinet Create laws to promote industry Put democrat in congress
What countries were the first to begin the exploration movement in Europe?
Portugal and Spain
What is the triangle trade? Give examples of products that came from each.
Sugar, molasses, rice, cotton, tobacco went from ______ to England, cloth, iron, guns went from ______ to west Africa and slaves went from ______ to the Americas
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
President of the USA, released the emancipation proclamation, gave Gettysburg address, served 2 terms won the election of 1060 and 1864 ended war in victory, was assassinated, 10% plan
Who is Col. Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain?
Comes up with bayonet charge during the battle at little round top, professor
Who is Gen. George McClellan?
Lincoln fired him as general, became Lincolnshire opponent in the election of 1864 , lost at Antietam, was afraid to kill her own friends
Who is John Wilkes Booth?
Lincoln’s assassin
Who is Gen. Robert E. Lee?
Commanding general of confederate army, surrendered to Grant, lost at Gettysburg, was the pride of the confederacy, against slavery but from Virginia
Who won the battle of Gettysburg?
Union
Who won day 1 of Gettysburg?
Confederates
What river was claimed by the winners after the siege of Vicksburg ended?
Mississippi
What three states were separated from the rest of the confederacy after the siege of Vicksbrug?
Texas, Louisianna, Arkansas
Which book published prior to the Civil War created major controversy in the North and south?
Uncle Tom’s Cabin
What event led to the official declaration of war, causing the Civil war to officially begin in April 1861?
Attack on Fort Sumter
Who used the Anaconda plan during the war?
Union
Who played defense during the war?
Confederates
Who used total war during the war?
Union
Is the emancipation Proclaimation a document or a speech?
Document
Who created the emancipation Proclaimation?
Lincoln
What was the intention of the emancipation Proclaimation
It was supposed to release the slaves
Was the emancipation Proclaimation successful. Why or why not?
No because Lincoln thought he had control over the confederacy but he didn’t so they didn’t listen
Who delivered the Gettysburg address?
Lincoln
Who dominated during Sherman’s March to Sea?
Union
Where did Sherman’s March start and end?
Started: Atlanta Georgia, ended: savannah Gerogia
Who created total war?
Grant
Who were the candidates in to election of 1864?
Lincoln- Republican
McClellan- Democratic
Who was lincolns running mate and what party was he
Andrew Johnson, democrat
Who surrendered?
Lee
What Union Gen. oversaw the surrender
Grant
What were the conditions of the surrender?
The confederate soldiers were required to turn in all weapons and promise not to rebel
Officers could keep their side arms
Confederate soldiers kept horses to use whenever they were going to return home
Confederate soldiers were given food become so many troops were hungry
Confederate soldiers were not arrested or punished for serving in the confederacy, they were promised a quick and safe return home
When and where was Lincoln assassinated?
April 14th, Fords Theatre
Who replaced Lincoln as president after he died?
Andrew Johnson
What did the infantry, Calvary and Artiliery do specifically?
Infantry- foot soldiers, used for movement on the battle field
Calvary- on horse, the eyes and ears of the battle field
Artillery- worked the cannons for long range attacks
What does “A cloudy day brings rain” stand for
Army Corps Division Brigade Regiment
Who was Andrew Johnson?
Led presidential reconstruction followed most of the 10% plan, went to impeachment
Who is the Ku Klan Klux?
A group who hated African Americans and tortured them and anyone who supported them
Who created the 10% plan?
Lincoln
What group created the Wade Davis Bill?
Radical Republicans
What is sharecropping?
Labor process managed between the planters and freedmen
Did sharecropping leave a positive or negative impact on freedmen? How?
Negative because eventually they were unable pay and keep the land
What did the 13th amendment do?
Abolished slavery
What did the 14th amendment do?
U.S.-born are citizens, citizens have rights, rights are to be protected. (not women)
What did the 15th amendment do?
“all” citizens have the right to vote.
What law did Johnson violate that was the cause of the impeachment?
Tenture of office act, fired Edward Stanton
Who were the two main candidates in the election of 1876
Rutherford B. Hayes vs. Samuel Tilden
Who won the popular vote
Samuel Tilden
Why did people want to explore?
Curiosity, region, money/trade,
What happened as a result of exploration?
Improvements in technology
New discoveries
Changes in culture
What was the Colombian exchange? Gives examples of foods that came thorough each region.
When food went from the old work to the new world and visa versa examples ________________________
