Union v Confederacy
What was one goal of the Union during the Civil War?
What is naval blockade to reduce import and export from Southern ports, diminishing their resources.
Who was the President of the Union during the Civil War?
Who was Abraham Lincoln
What did the Emancipation Proclamation do?
What does the 13th Amendment accomplish?
What is abolishes slavery and involuntary servitude except as punishment for a crime.
What was one goal of the Congressional Reconstruction plan?
What is to have 50% of the Southern voters sign an oath of loyalty to the Union before States could have representation.
Name a key resource the Confederacy relied on.
What is Cotton Exports /Military Officer Strength
Name one significant Confederate general.
When was the Emancipation Proclamation issued?
What is January 1, 1863
What rights does the 14th Amendment protect?
What is citizenship, due process, and equal protection under the law.
Describe a policy of the Presidential Reconstruction plan.
What military technology did both sides use during the war?
What is the telegraph, Ironclads (ships), submarines.
How did Lincoln's leadership affect the war?
Why was the Emancipation Proclamation significant for the Union?
What is changed the focus from fight to preserve the Union, to the abolishment of slavery
What is the significance of the 15th Amendment?
What is it grants the Black men the right to vote
How did Congressional Reconstruction differ from Presidential Reconstruction?
Describe one strategy the Union used to defeat the Confederacy.
What is the Anaconda Plan: Strangle the South by blockading Confederate ports, controlling the Mississippi River, and taking Richmond.
Explain how Jefferson Davis's decisions impacted the Confederacy.
What is poor decision making and lack of a command system
What was the primary goal of the 13th Amendment?
What is to end slavery
How did these amendments change the lives of African Americans?
What is freeing them from slavery, granting them citizenship, and providing the right to vote.
What was the main challenge faced during Reconstruction?
What is the struggle to ensure the rights and equality of formerly enslaved African Americans in the South
What was a key military technology that changed warfare during this period?
What is the the telegraph, repeating rifle, or Ironside ships.
What role did diplomacy play in the Confederacy's strategy?
What is King Cotton Diplomacy, wherein the South wanted to leverage their cotton export to gain support and recognition by Britain and France as a country.
How did the Emancipation Proclamation affect enslaved people in the South?
What is it legally declaring them free
Why are the Reconstruction Amendments considered important in American history?
What is fundamentally changed the Constitution and laid the groundwork for civil rights advancement for African Americans
Explain how each plan aimed to rebuild the South after the Civil War.
What is President Abraham Lincoln's "Ten Percent Plan" aimed to quickly reintegrate the South by allowing states to rejoin the Union once 10% of their voters pledged loyalty to the Union and accepted the end of slavery, while Andrew Johnson's plan, largely based on Lincoln's, also required a loyalty oath from a small percentage of voters but was criticized for being too lenient towards former Confederates, not adequately addressing the needs of freed slaves, and allowing many Confederate leaders to regain power easily; Radical Republican plan in Congress pushed for harsher measures including military occupation of the South, enfranchisement of Black voters, and stricter restrictions on former Confederate leaders to ensure greater equality for freed slaves.