people
who was John Wilkes Booth
He killed Lincoln in Fords theater
describe the Anaconda plan
Union force sent down the Mississippi to divide the confederacy and by the gulf and Atlantic cause naval blockades stopping ports
describe sharecropping and the problems it created
landowner rent land to tenants and in exchange for cash rent tenants pay with portions of their crops.
problem: Most tenants were often forced to buy supplies with high interest rates from landowners leading to the tenant owing more than their crops were worth resulting in debt.
what were carpetbaggers
Northerners who took advantage of buying lots of the cheap land people in the south were forced to sell after the war because they had no money
Who were the 2 Presidents who enforced reconstruction
Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson
reasons confederacy lost
Not enough soldiers or supplies to keep up with the north especially after Gettysburg
Describe Antebellum southern economy
it focused on agriculture and cash crops and relied heavily on slaves
copperhead
Northern Democrat
Describe Goerge McClellan as a general
he was hesitant to fight and not ambitious. Hired 3 times and fired 3 times.
Describe the tactic used Durning Shermans march to the sea
he used a scorched earth policy burring and destroying land his army traveled through
What are the Norths strengths and weaknesses?
strength: large population, factories, navy
weaknesses: political division, had to deal with the middle states
15th amendment
rights cannot be taken away or infringed on based on race or previous condition of servitude
What was McClellan's campaign platform
Preserve the union, keep fighting until victory,peace at any price
what siege did the union take the Mississippi
Vicksburg
Double Jeopardy!
what are 2 of the components of congressional reconstruction
Some characteristics of the congressional reconstruction are dividing the former confederate states and placing military governments and commanders in each state rather than civilian, acts required establishing new rights for black men, 14th 15th amendments, congress limiting presidential power.
cotton diplomacy
South sold cotton to England, but England had a cotton surplus so they didn't need to buy any leaving south to not make much money and not able to buy military supplies
Who suspended the Habeas Corpus (The right to challenge unlawful laws)
Abraham Lincoln
where did Lee surrender to Grant
Appomattox Courthouse
what are 2 characteristics of the presidential reconstruction
If 10% of voters took an oath of alliance states could form new governments, pardons to white southerners who pledged loyalty, confiscated lands returned to prewar owners, minimal federal oversight in transitioning from slavey to freedom, former confederates were able to take office (led to restrictive black codes)
14th amendment
granted citizenship and rights