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Ch. 17-18
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8th Grade
05/13/2019

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What was the strategy for each side of the Civil War?
Definition
To conduct a defensive war
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List Union Victories
Definition
Shiloh, Gettysburg, Antietam
Term
Which groups of people fought the war?
Definition
Young men- farmers
Term
What was Sherman's March?
Definition
The path of burned city of Atlanta toward the Atlantic
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What was the 54th regiment and what did they do?
Definition
They were the most distinguished African American regiment
Term
Resistance
Definition
Rufusal to give in
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Entrenched
Definition
In a protected position
Term
Rebels
Definition
Confederate soldiers
Term
Yankees
Definition
Union Soldiers
Term
Casualties
Definition
People killed in war
Term
What did Grant do?
Definition
Demanded an unconditional and immediate surrender
Term
What group was allowed to fight and helped the North?
Definition
African Americans
Term
What countries did the south want help from?
Definition
Britain and France
Term
What impact did Dorothea Dix have on the war?
Definition
She convinced officials to let women work as nurses
Term
What was the Merrimack?
Definition
A damaged ship that was rebuilt and covered with iron
Term
What was the importance of the Mississippi?
Definition
To prevent the Confederacy from receiving supplies.
Term
Confederacy's Capital
Definition
Richmond, Virginia
Term
Who were Lee and Jackson? Where did they fight?
Definition
Confederate
Term
Who were Douglas and Greeley?
Definition
Abolitionists who urged Lincoln to fight until the end.
Term
What happened at Antietam?
Definition
The deadliest Battle
Term
Why was Lincoln reluctant to free slaves?
Definition
He didn't want to lose the border states
Term
Which border states played a major role in the war and why?
Definition
Maryland
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What was the emancipation proclamation?
Definition
It gave freedom to slaves in rebel held territory
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Name the period after the Civil war?
Definition
The reconstruction era
Term
Who was Douglass?
Definition
A leader for African American rights
Term
Details of the 10% plan?
Definition
10% of voters had to take oath to the union
Term
Details of Lincolns Assassination
Definition
Shot by John Wilkes Booth at the Theater
Term
Details of the Wade Davis bill
Definition
replaces 10% plan-majority must take oath to the union
Term
Blanche Bruce
Definition
African American Senator
Term
Corruption
Definition
Dishonest or illegal use of authority
Term
Integrated
Definition
Racially Diverse
Term
Ku Klux Klan
Definition
Racist secret society
Term
Freedmens Bureau
Definition
helped provide education for African Americans
Term
How Johnson became President?
Definition
After Lincoln was assassinated
Term
What was the Tenure of office act?
Definition
To prevent the President from firing government officials
Term
What happened to Edwin Stanton?
Definition
Johnson fired Stanton
Term
What did congress do to Johnson?
Definition
Congress impeached Johnson
Term
Leading industry of the new south?
Definition
textiles
Term
What were black codes?
Definition
Laws designed to limit Africa American rights
Term
What was a poll tax and what was it aimed at?
Definition
Violating civil rights of African Americans
Term
What was the 14th amendment?
Definition
US citizenship description of citizens rights
Term
What was the 1866 Civil Rights Act?
Definition
early legislation intended to protect civil rights
Term
States cannot take away what from citizens?
Definition
Life, Liberty and Property
Term
First states to have African Americans in congress
Definition
South Carolina and Georgia
Term
Requirements for a state to rejoin Union under Wade Davis Bill:
Definition
Majority had to swear loyalty to the Union, and Only white males who had not fought against the Union, and all new state constitutions had to ban slavery.
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