US CIVIL WAR Flashcards

1
Q

What dates

A

1861-65

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2
Q

How many people died

A

Over 750,000

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3
Q

Who fought in it

A

North (union)

South (confederacy)

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4
Q

What party was set up in 1854 that was anti slavery

A

Republicans

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5
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What republican was elected president in 1860

A

Abraham Lincoln

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6
Q

Who was John brown and what did he do

A

An abolitionist
Start slave uprising in 1859 but was stopped and hung—became a hero

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7
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By feb 1861 how many states has succeeded and what dates were they

A

7
South Carolina
Mississippi
Florida
Alabama
Georgia
Louisiana
Texas

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8
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What did the 7 succeeded states do

A

Formed political group confederacy—its own president who was Jefferson davis

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9
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War declared

A

15 April

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10
Q

Between April 1861 and June how many more states joined confederacy

A

4
Virginia
Arkansas
North Carolina
Tennessee

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11
Q

1861 what were black Americans refused

A

To join union army

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12
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What did Lincoln claim

A

Slavery was nothing to do with civil war

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13
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When we’re black Americans allowed to join army

A

After 1863

but they didn’t get same pay as white soldiers and couldn’t be officers

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14
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By 1864 black soldiers did what and won what

A

They fought and won equal pay in army but they still couldn’t be officers

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