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Civil War and Reconstruction
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11th Grade
05/07/2010

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Result of the Election of 1860
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Lincoln won
Several states seceded
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Causes of the Civil War
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sectional debate over tariffs, etension of slavery in the territoires,and the nature of the Union (states'rights)
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Causes of the Civil War
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Northern abolitionists v southern defenders of slavery
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Causes of the Civil War
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U.S. Supreme Court decision in the Dred Scott case
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Causes of the Civil War
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Publication of Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe
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Causes of the Civil War
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Ineffectual presidential leadership in the 1850s
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Causes of the Civil War
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A history of failed compromises over the expansion of slavery in the territories
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Causes of the Civil War
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President Lincoln's call for fedral troops in 1861
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Opening confrontation of the Civil War
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Fort Sumter
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Important document issued after the Battle of Antietam
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Emancipation Proclamation
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Emancipation Proclamation
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Freed slaves in the areas of rebellion and made the destruction of slavery a Northern war aim.
Also discourage interference of foreign governments
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Turning point battle of the Civil War
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Gettysburg
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Lee surrenders to Grant
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Appomattox
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ULysses S. Grant
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Military commander who won victories over the South after several Union commanders failed
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Ulysses S. Grant
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Urged Radical Republicans not to be harsh with former Confedrates
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Ulysses S. Grant
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Elected President and served during most of Reconstruction
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Ulysses S. Grant
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Advocated rights for freedmen
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Ulysses S. Grant
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Opposed retribution directed to the defeated South
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President of the United States during the Civil War
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Abraham Lincoln
Insisted the Union be held together by force if necessary
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Jefferson Davis
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U.S. Senator who became President of the Confederate States of America
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Robert E. Lee
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the Confederate general of the Army of Northern Virginia
Served as President of Washington College (Washington and Lee University)
Emphasized the importance of education to the nation's future
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Why Lee led the Southern Army
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Did not believe the Union should be held together by force
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What Lee encouraged after defeat
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Accept defeat and unite as Americans
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Life of the common soldier
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Fought hand to hand combat that was often recorded in their war time diaries and letters home
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Life of the common soldier
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After the war, soldiers especially in the South, returned home to find homes destroyed and poverty
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Life of the common soldier
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Soldiers on both sides lived with permanent disabilities
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Life of women
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Managed home and scare resources
Faced poverty and hunger
Assumed new roles in agriculture, nursing, and in war industries
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Federick Douglass
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Former enslaved African American who became a prominenet black abolitionist and who urged Lincoln to recruit former enslaved African Americans to fight in the Union Army
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Fredrick Douglass
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Supported full equality for African Americans
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Frederick Douglass
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Advocated the passage of the 14th and 15th amendments
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Frederick Douglass
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Encouraged federal government actions to protect the rights of the freedmen in the South
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Frederick Douglass
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Served as ambassador to Haiti and in the civil service
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Lincoln's message in the Gettysburg Address
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United States was one nation, not a federation of independent states
Wanted to preserve the Union as a nation of the people, for the people, and by the people
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Why Civil War was fought according to Lincoln
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to fulfill the promise of the Declaration of Independence and was a "Second American Revolution."
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Why Lincoln believes Southern governments are illegitimate
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Secession was illegal, therefore the states had never really left the Union
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Lincoln's view of Reconstruction
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Quickly restore legitimate state governments that were loyal to the Union in the Southern areas
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Did Lincoln want to punish the South
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No
Term
"With malice toward none, with charity for all...to bind up the nation's wounds..."
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Abraham Lincoln
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Enabled Radical Republicans to influence the process of Reconstruction
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Lincoln's assassination
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Radical Republican's plan for Reconstruction more punitive
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Did not allow the Southern States back into the Union right away and put them under military occupation
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Did Radical Republicans and Johnson agree on Reconstruction
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No, especially over the issue of civil rights for freed slaves
They impeached him, but failed to remove him from office
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Reconstruction Amendment
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13th - abolished slavery permanently
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Reconstruction Amendment
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14th - prohibited states from denying equal rights under the law to any American
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Reconstruction Amendment
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15th - voting rights guaranted regardless of race, color, or previous condition of servitude
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When and why Reconstruction ends
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Presidential election of 1876 - Southern Democrats and Republicans make a deal to end military occupation in the South in exchange for support in the Electoral College vote
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What was the Compromise of 1877
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Compromise ended Reconstruction
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Results of the Compromise of 1877
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Ended military occupation in the South
Enabled former Conderates who controlled the Democratic Party to regain power
Opened the door to the "Jim Crow" Era
Began a long period in which African Americans in the South were denied the full rights of American citzenship
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Economic impact of Civil War on the South
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Southern states were left embitterd and devastated by the war
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Economic Impact of the Civil War on the South
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Farms, railroads,and factories had been destroyed throughout the South
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Economic Impact of the Civil War on the South
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Confederate money was worthless
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Economic Impact of the Civil War on the South
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Many towns and cities, such as Richmond, and Atlanta lay in ruins
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Economic Impact of the Civil War on the South
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The source of labor was greatly changed due to the loss of life during the war and the end of slavery
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Economic Impact of the Civil War on the South
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The South remained a backward, agriculture-based economy and the poorest section of the nation for many decades afterward
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Economic Impact of the Civil War on the North and Midwest
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Both emerged with strong industrial eonomies, laying the foundation for the sweeping industrialization of the nation in the next half-century and the emergence of the United States as a global economic power by the beginning of the 20th century
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Impact of Transcontinental Railroad
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Itensified westward movement of settlers into the states between the Mississippi River and the Pacific Ocean
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