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What is the purpose of the Emancipation Proclomation and what did it accomplish?
It empowered the army to free Confederate slaves. It didn't free slaves but it gave soldiers moral purpose.
100
He was elected as President in 1861, a Republican, had no electoral votes from the South
Abraham Lincoln
100
Fought for by Grant, important because rested on bluffs above river where guns could control water traffic,Grant shelled the city several hours a day, food supplies ran so low the South surrendered
Battle of Vicksburg
100
Method used by Grant and Sherman, Grant decimated Lee's Army while Sherman raided Georgia
Total War
200
What were some similarities and differences between Lincoln's 10% plan and the radical Republican's reconstruction plan?
Both wanted to free slaves, and let states back in. Radical republicans wanted to destroy political power of slave owners and have full suffrage and citizenship to African Americans.
200
Won due to decrease of Whig vote in the South, Democrat, elected in 1852
Franklin Pierce
200
First Battle, 25 miles from D.C, Southern Victory, where Stonewall Jackson got his name
Battle of Bull Run
200
Who murdered Abraham Lincoln?
John Wilkes Booth
300
Describe how Florida's government changed during reconstruction?
Florida's cattle helped the state recover from depression. The cattlemen were now able to trade w/ Cuba. They added millions of dollars in gold doubloons to the economy.
300
Was appointed as commander of all Union Armies by Lincoln, he appointed William Tecumseh Sherman as commander od Mississippi division, won presidency in 1868.
Ulysses. S Grant
300
single bloodiest day in American History, battle McClellan got removed, Lee's orders were found by a Union corporal,more than 26,000 casualties
Battle of Antietam
300
How much of the North's army was African American?
10%
400
What was the impact the Dred Scott case had on the North and the South?
It intensified the slavery debate. Northerners criticized the Supreme Court.Warnings about the slave state's influence spread. Southerners interpreted this as the guarantee that slavery can expand.
400
Was appointed by Lincoln to lead Union forces near Washington, fought in Antietam, was removed by Lincoln
George McClellan
400
In Southern Pennsylvania, Meade led the Union, Lee led the Confederates, South demoralized, casualties more than 30%, Union win
Battle of Gettysburg
400
What were two technology advances that modernized the war?
ironclad ship, rifle, hand grenades, land mines
500
How did the South deprive freed people of rights and how did Congress react?
Many Southerners resisted the idea of equal rights.They refused to register voters, They created the KKK, which killed around 20,000 people. Congress passed the Enforcement Act of 1870 and 1871. 1870 provided federal supervision of elections in South and 1871 gave president power to use federal troops where KKK active.
500
Succeeded Lincoln, wanted to exclude high-ranking confederates from oath to vote, vetoed Freedman's Bureau and Civil Rights Act
Andrew Johnson
500
April 9 1865, town in Virginia, where the South surrendered
Appomattox Court House
500
what system did landowners divide land to each head of the household and give tools and seeds, where landowners got most of the crops
sharecropping
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