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The Civil War & Reconstruction Flashcards

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How was the Civil War accelerated?

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*** By the shift in federal power that occurred when California was admitted to the Union as a free state

*** shifted a lot of power towards the abolitionist movement in Congress

*** election of pro-abolitionist Abraham Lincoln

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The Civil War stemmed from the south’s resistance to the _______?

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Northern Abolitionist Movement

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Secessionists called for a new nation, which would be called?

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The Confederate States of America

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As the Northern Abolitionist movement grew, what did the South begin to fear?

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Abolishment of Slavery

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What does Secessionist mean?

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People who called for a new nation for the South

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What were the titles for the North and South??

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North - Union

South - Confederates

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The Confederates established their own what?

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Government

*** Capital was originally in Richmond, Virginia

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Who was the president of the Confederate States of America?

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Jefferson Davis

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Who had the advantages in the Civil War? What were they?

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The North

  1. Larger population
  2. More developed manufacturing base
    * ** more weapons
  3. More developed transportation network
    * ** at the start the North had 3x the amount of railroad track the South had
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What was the South’s only advantage in the Civil War?

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Military leadership

*** more experienced, more tactical leaders

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Who were the examples of leaders for the Confederacy?

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  1. Stonewall Jackson

2. Robert E. Lee

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What happened as a result of good military leadership in the South?

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Long War

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How long did the Civil War last?

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1861-1865

*** should have only lasted two years

A COMBO OF:

BLunders by the North

Strong military leadership

PROLONGED THE CIVIL WAR

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What were the strategies of the North?

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  1. Isolate the South - close of access to shipping along the Eastern Seaboard

*** cannot obtain more supplies

  1. Capture the Capital - capture the leaders

*** why the capital was moved from Richmond

  1. Split the South
  • make them fight a two front war
  • split their battle power
  • starve them out / isolate them from food crops
  1. Prevent South from surging into the North
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Why is the Civil War sometimes known as a “War of Attrition”?

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Who can outlast wh0m?

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What were the Southern strategies?

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  1. Surge into the North
  • take control of supply lines and trade routes
  • take control of manufacturing bases
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How many battles were in the Civil War?

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Over 1,000

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Explain the battle of Fort Sumter

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Southern General Beauregard fires on Federal fort in Charleston Harbor

*** 1st battle of the Civil War

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What interesting fact happened at the Battle of Fort Sumter?

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The North was so confident that they would win, ppl came out to watch the battles in picnics.

*** the South overran this region, northerners had to scramble for their lives

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Explain the battle of Antietum

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Single bloodies battle / most lives lost

Northern General McClellan’s stops and ends Lee’s invasion of the North here in Antietum

*** The South’s first big attempt to surge into the North

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Explain the battle of Chancellorsville

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*** Major win for the South

Lee defeats Hooker’s Army of Potomac (Major Northern Army)

but Stonewall Jackson is killed

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What superstitious thing did Stonewall Jackson like to do during battles?

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Ride around a like a crazy person with his finger in the air

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How did Stonewall Jackson die?

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He was riding back to his troops and his own men fired on him

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Explain the battle of Gettysburg

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2nd major surge attempt by the South

Robert E. Lee loses to General Meade

Attempt failed

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What happened during Pickett’s charge at Gettysburg ?

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It failed

25
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What was considered to be with the Battle of Gettysburg?

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Was the last chance for the South to surge

The beginning of the end

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Explain what happened at Appomattox

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  1. Lee’s force are surrounded
  2. Forced to surrender
  3. Few skirmishes occur, but really with the surrender the war is over
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What is the first war that is well-chronicled in photography?

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Civil War

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When we talk about Reconstruction, what are we talking about?

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Physical and Ideological Reconstruction of the South after the Civil War

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What did the North want to do in the South after the Civil War?

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Implement the Northern policies in the South

*** make the South reconstruct according to their guidelines

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What did the Radicals & Moderates want to d0?

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Implement Northern policy into the South

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What did the Radicals do?

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Favored putting an occupying army in the South

*** forcing them to adhere to Northern policy

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What did the Moderates want to allow/create?

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They wanted to implement the policies and strategies of the North and allow the South to moderate it themselves

33
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In Congress there was a strong presence of what?

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Radicals

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Congress favored putting what in the South?

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An occupying army

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Why was Andrew Johnson impeached?

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He was a moderate and opposed putting and occupying army in the South

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During Reconstruction, many northerners moved where to do what?

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They moved to the South to start businesses

37
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As the southerners resented the newly moved-in northerners what did they call them?

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Carpetbaggers

Scalawags

38
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Was Radical Reconstruction going well?

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Yes, it was passed by Congress

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The southerners felt that the Northerners were doing what by moving to the South?

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Taking advantage of opportunities in the South

40
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Where does the name carpetbagger come from?

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The northerners bringing suitcases made of carpet to sell things

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What was happening to the freed African-Americans of the Southern region during Reconstruction?

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They were obtaining new rights

  • suffrage rights
  • property rights
  • integrated facilities
42
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The disputed presidential election of 1876 led to a compromise of what?

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Ending Reconstruction

  1. The North said to the South, if you accept our Candidate, we will end Reconstruction
  2. South accepted
  3. North retracts troops
  4. Allows South to continue a moderate form of Reconstruction
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After the compromise involving the election of 1876 and the end of Reconstruction, what ended up happening in the South?

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Racist Legislation against African-Americans

*** Jim Crowe Laws

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As a result of the Jim Crow laws what happened in the South

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Separated facilities

Voting rights gone

45
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75 years after Jim Crow laws are introduced, what would begin to happen?

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American Civil Rights Movement (1960s)

*** Dr. Martin Luther King

46
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What monumental court case would grant equality to African-Americans?

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Brown vs. The Board of Education

*** separated facilities were inherently unequal

*** integrate schools

47
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What was lost during the Compromise in 1876 with the Radical Reconstruction and regained with the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s?

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Equality between African-Americans and Whites

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