U.S. History Chapters 13-14

Staggering Statistics

100

This battle was the bloodiest battle of the war, with 71,000 total casualties

Gettysburg

200

This faction in the Civil War was able to muster a staggering 1.5 Million troops

The Union

300

At the Battle of Gettysburg, one in _____ soldiers died

Three

400

This many soldiers died in the Civil War (increments of 250,000)

750,000

500

Special Order Number 15 set aside this many acres of prime rice growing land for ex-slaves (increments of 100,000)

Four

Campaign Calamities

100

This Civil War battle had the bloodiest day of the whole war

Antietam

200

This fateful battle marked the turning point of the war in favor of the Union, which led to their eventual victory

Gettysburg

300

The type of building in Appomattox, Virginia, where Lee surrendered to Grant, marking the end of the Civil War

Court House

400

The Latin phrase shouted by John Wilkes booth after assassinating Abraham Lincoln, which translates to "thus always to tyrants"

Sic Semper Tyrannis

500

This city on the Mississippi, captured in the early stages of the war by Union gunboats, proved a critical loss for the Confederacy

New Orleans

Treacherous Traitors

100

This man was the first (and only) president of the Confederate States of America

Jefferson Davis

200

This man was the primary military commander of all Confederate forces during the Civil War

General Robert E Lee

300

This was infamous Confederate General Thomas Jackson's nickname

"Stonewall"

400

Lincoln's Vice President who, after Lincoln's assassination, foiled his plans for reconstruction

Andrew Johnson

500

This decorated Confederate raider had a track record of leaving no survivors in every encounter with black Union regiments

Nathan Bedford Forrest

Active Advocacy

100

Lincoln's speech which promised freedom to all slaves across the United States

Emancipation Proclamation

200

This Utah group alienated themselves from Republicans on account of Republican disdain for polygamy

Mormons

300

The Civil Rights Cases of 1833 were shot down by the Supreme Court, which paved the way for these practices to be implemented in Southern politics

Segregation / Jim Crow Laws

400

These guidelines of war were the Civil War's precursory version to the international guidelines of war, including the Geneva Convention

Leiber Code

500

This was the name of one of the two major women's suffragist movements which emerged into the post-civil war political environment (_________ Women Suffrage Association)

American / National 

Profitable Policies

100

The Grant administration was plagued by this practice, which allowed close friends to siphon funds from the U.S. treasury

Spoil System

200

This postwar practice was common in the South, which captured many black families into a inescapable cycle of debt

Sharecropping

300

This process allowed for convicted criminals to be rented for work, resulting in conditions akin to slavery for many even after the war

Convict Leasing

400

A tax adopted by the Confederacy in 1863 requiring farmers to turn over one tenth of their crops to the Confederate government

One tenths tax

500

This economic policy "let alone" of complete privatization is more commonly known by its French name...

Laissez-faire