Civil War Advantages & Strategies
What advantage did the South have in terms of military leadership?
General Robert E. Lee
What type of people mostly made up the armies early in the war?
Volunteers
What did Lincoln suspend, allowing people to be detained without trial?
Habeas corpus
What was Lincoln’s moderate plan to reintegrate Southern states called?
The Ten Percent Plan
Who won the controversial presidential election of 1876?
Rutherford B. Hayes
What was the North’s main strategic plan called?
The Anaconda Plan
What made both Union and Confederate conscription unpopular?
The rich could pay for exemption
Who was arrested for making anti-war speeches in the North?
Vallandigham
What 1864 bill called for harsher terms for Southern reintegration?
Wade–Davis Bill
What compromise ended Reconstruction in the South?
Compromise of 1877
What helped the South move soldiers and messages quickly?
Interior communication lines (e.g., railways, telegraph)
What helped lead to Union victory at Chattanooga in 1863?
Railways to move troops quickly
What document declared freedom for slaves in Confederate states?
The Emancipation Proclamation
What amendment banned slavery in the USA?
13th Amendment
What group used violence to prevent African-Americans from voting?
Ku Klux Klan
What battle was considered a turning point after which the South went on the defensive?
Gettysburg
How did both sides try to disrupt the other’s war efforts using infrastructure?
Destroyed railway lines
Why did Lincoln delay issuing the Emancipation Proclamation?
He wanted to weaken the South and gain support from Britain
Who became president after Lincoln’s assassination?
Andrew Johnson
What was the purpose of the 15th Amendment?
To protect African-American voting rights
What strategy did Grant and Sherman use to destroy Southern morale and supply lines?
Infantry raids into enemy territory
What helped get supplies and wounded soldiers to and from the battlefield?
Railways
What were "Copperheads"?
Northern Democrats who opposed the Civil War
What Act granted citizenship to people born or naturalized in the U.S.?
14th Amendment
What term describes Northerners who moved South during Reconstruction?
Carpetbaggers