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Slavery
Important People/Military
100
What was a person’s right not to be imprisoned unless charged with a crime and given a trial?
What is Writ of habeas corpus
100
What was Jefferson’s strategy about winning the war?
What is Pick his battles carefully and retreat when necessary to avoid suffering large casualties.
100
What were the new modern age fighting styles?
What is Soldiers fought out of trenches and barricades. They also had accurate rifles so they could attack from farther distances.
100
What was Lincoln’s idea towards slavery at the beginning of the war?
What is He was willing to allow it to preserve the Union
100
Why did Robert E. Lee refuse to fight for the union?
What is His family was living in the South and so he would be fighting against his family.
200
What was forcing people through a draft into military service?
What is Conscription
200
Why did General Sherman march his army to the sea?
What is To make Southern civilians understand the horrors of war and to pressure them into giving up the struggle.
200
Why were the Southern soldiers against fighting a defensive war?
What is They had a strong military tradition from previous wars and saw it as an embarrassment to sit back and wait for the opponent to strike.
200
Why was Lincoln afraid to banish slavery for the border states?
What is He did not want to test their loyalty after they stayed with the Union before the war started.
200
What was the difference between Lincoln’s plan for Reconstruction and the radical republican’s plan?
What is Lincoln wanted it to be lenient because he wanted to preserve the Union and had no plans of creating more tension by punishing the South. Radical Republicans wanted strict rules against the South to punish them for seceding.
300
What was the Freedmen’s Bureau?
What is Congress established the Bureau to feed and clothe war refugees in the South.
300
What was the result of Pickett’s charge?
What is It failed to break Union lines and resulted in heavy Confederate casualties
300
What were the effects of food shortages in the South?
What is They hurt morale as people began to question the sacrifices they were being asked to make, and prompted desertions as soldiers returned home to help their families survive.
300
Why did Abraham Lincoln make the Gettysburg Address so short?
What is So that people could memorize and recite it to gain support for Lincoln’s Reconstruction.
300
Who assassinated Abraham Lincoln?
Who is John Wilkes Booth
400
What were the black codes?
What is Laws passed in the South that intended to keep African Americans in a condition similar to slavery
400
What was the significance of the First Battle of Bull Run?
What is It became clear that the North would need a large, well-trained army to defeat the South.
400
Why was the South able to quickly organize an army in the beginning of the war?
What is The South had more military officers and 7 of the 8 colleges in the nation.
400
Why did Congress pass the Enforcement Acts?
What is To combat violence in the South, and outlaw the activities of the Ku Klux Klan
400
Why did Lincoln issue the Emancipation Proclamation?
What is To make the sacrifice of the soldiers worthwhile and the punish the South
500
What two laws did the Radical Republicans pass to reduce presidential power?
What is Command of the Army Act, Tenure of Office Act
500
What was the significance of the Battle of Shiloh? Why was Grant not fired?
What is Despite winning, the Union suffered heavy casualties and there were demands for Grant to be fired. Lincoln did not fire Grant because Lincoln had few generals that he could trust and Grant was a successful general.
500
Why did President Lincoln want the Union army to capture Vicksburg?
What is To cut the South in two
500
What effect would allowing blacks to count as full representation have on representation in Congress? What Compromise would it be overriding from before?
What is It would give the South a majority in the House of Representatives. It would be overriding the 3/5 Compromise.
500
Which way did each side’s economy go during the war? Why?
What is South- Down, due to the fact that the North controlled much of their agriculture. North- up, due to large banking reserves and innovations in agriculture which allowed more men to fight in the army.
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