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Unit 6 Civil War Flashcards

1
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Slavery was not allowed in GA until…

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the early 1750’s.

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Once slavery was legalized in GA it grew fast due to the invention of the…

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cotton gin.

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3
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The south was economically dependent on…

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cotton.

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4
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The North wanted slavery to…

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be contained where it already existed at the very least.

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5
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The South hoped for slavery to…

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expand to other territories.

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6
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The abolitionist movement took place in the…

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North.

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Georgia wanted slavery to spread to new territories and was distrustful to what movement which took place in the North?

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The abolitionist movement.

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8
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The compromise of 1820 started because….

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as more states joined the union a heated debate took place over whether new states would allow slavery.

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9
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The 1st crisis of the compromise of 1820 occurred when…

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Missouri was admitted as a slave state but northerners disagreed with this because it would upset the balance of power in the senate between the 11 free and 11 slave states.

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10
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To balance the 1st crisis of the compromise of 1820…

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Main entered the union as a free state.

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States rights are the…

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amount of power a state government has in relation to the amount of power the federal government has when making decisions.

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12
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Nullification was the…

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belief that states could void any federal law that they saw as unconstitutional.

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13
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The compromise of 1850 occurred when…

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California wanted to be entered into the union as a free state and the south became worried about the imbalance of states in the congress as the number of free states was now more than the number of slave states.

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14
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The compromise of 1850 states that,

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California would enter the union as a free states and the fugitive slave act would be enforced which promised the south that any runaway slave that was caught in the North would be returned back to it’s owner in the South.

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Popular sovereignty stated that,

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the people of the state get to decide if they will enter the union as a free or slave state.

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Which two states used popular sovereignty to enter the union as free states?

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New Mexico and Utah.

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17
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The Georgia platform was born as a term that referred to the efforts and attitudes when the debate of the compromise of 1850 was raging in congress and Georgia politicians were debating on whether the terms should be accepted these efforts helped,

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outline southerners rights, help show the south’s devotion to the union and pass the compromise of 1850.

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18
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The Dread Scott case occurred when…

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Dread Scott was taken by his owner to the free states of Illinois and Wisconsin but was still considered a slave once hw was back in the South.

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19
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Dread Scott tried to sue the state but the court ruled that…

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Enslaved people & freed blacks were not classified as U.S citizens and therefore did not have the right to sue.

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20
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Sectionalism is…

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the belief that a person’s region of the country was superior to all.

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21
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In the election of 1860 there were four candidates that were named…

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Stephen Douglas who was a northern (douglas = democrat) and supported popular (Stephan = sovereignty)
John Breckinridge who was a southern democrat and supported slavery
Abe Lincoln who was a republican and opposed the spread of slavery and
John Bell who was a part of the union (party) and wanted to keep the union intact

22
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Because southerners believed that Lincoln’s goal was to end slavery a majority of southern states…

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seceded from the union (SC being the first).

23
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Northern states did NOT…

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want to leave the union

24
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The GGA voted in favor of…

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seceding from the union and joining the confederacy

25
Q

During the civil war the North had…

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a better industry with more people and a better railroad system.

26
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During the civil war the South had…

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a better agricultural system and a more experienced military system.

27
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As the war starts the North knows that the South will be dependent on their trade with the British so they made an…

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anaconda plan that placed several blockades which blocked the British from trading with the confederate states which would weaken their economy.

28
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The union could not block every Island or cove therefore there was an ability for…

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people to slip through blockades to smuggle goods.

29
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Fort Pulaski was captured and…

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Ga’s most efficient port city was cut off.

30
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The emancipation proclamation was then issued which stated that…

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if the confederate states stopped fighting and joined the union by Jan 1st they could keep their slaves but the confederacy refused to obey and the focus shifted to freeing slaves.

31
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On Jan 1st Abe Lincoln…

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freed all slaved in confederate states but in reality no slave was freed immediately.

32
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The largest battle fought in GA was the..

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Battle of Chickamauga.

33
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The confederate states won the…

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Battle of Chickamauga.

34
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ATL became a…

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major railroad hub.

35
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The union disliked that ATL was a major railroad in the south so they tried to destroy the city by…

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Flanking and setting the city on fire during Sherman’s march

36
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Sherman’s March tried to,

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destroy anything that the confederate state of GA could use to support their military.

37
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Total warfare was…

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the tactic Sherman used as he destroyed the city of ATL.

38
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Reconstruction is to…

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build something new again.

39
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LincOln’s reconstruction plan stated that,

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10% of the people in the state had to take an oath to the union and once the Oath was taken the state would be re-admitted.

40
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Johnson’s reconstruction plan was similar to Lincoln’s and stated that,

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he wanted to abolish slavery.

41
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The congress’s reconstruction plan was to…

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provide blacks and whites the same rights and divide the southern states into 5 military zones.

42
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The south did not like the congress’s reconstruction plan and introduced…

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black codes which prevented blacks from voting, testifying in court or serve as jurors.

43
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The 13th amendment…

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abolished slavery in the U.S

44
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the 14th amendment…

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made all former slaves U.S citizens.

45
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the 15th amendment…

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allowed all male citizens to vote.

46
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Freedmen’s Bureau…

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was a federal agency created in 1865 to help former slaves gain education.

47
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The KKK is a…

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terrorist organization used to intimidate blacks and prevent republicans from gaining political power in the south.

48
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In 1867 Henry Turner helped…

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organize the republican party in GA, and was elected to the GA house of representatives

49
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32 black legislatures were elected to serve in

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the GA legislature.

50
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Sharecropping is where…

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the worker agrees to work in the land in exchange for a home, seeds, equipment and the sharecropper required to provide the owner with a share of the crop.

51
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Tenant farming is where…

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the farmer had to share crop with the landowner, owned their own equipment and had to share a home with the landowner.

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