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Civil War and Reconstruction
President of Confederate States.
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History
9th Grade
01/26/2008

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Where did Jefferson Davis attend school?

Definition
West Point Military Academy
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What were the two terms of office that Davis had before becoming the Confederate President? 

 

 

Definition
  • Senator
    Multiple services were made by Davis
    Also ran for Govenor and Presidency
  • Secretary of State
    for President Pierce in 1853

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How long was Jefferson Davis's Terms of office?

Definition

 

 

1861-1865

 

The length of time that the Confederates were their own country.  

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How did Davis become the President of the Confederate States of America? 

 

Definition

 

 

He was chosen and although he was shocked, he did not decline such responsibility.

 

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What were the disadvantages that Jefferson Davis dealt with? 

Definition

 

 

The North was already made up with buildings, a strong government and currency. 

 

The South had to start from scratch 

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What were the Northern Disadvantages at the start of the War? 

Definition
  • they had a small army of 16,000
  • 1/3 of the Union officers had resigned to the confederate side
  • there had not been any direct taxes for decades
  • draft was never imposed
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What were the Southern Disadvantages at the start of the War?

Definition

 

  • no tax structure was extant
  • poorly eqquippedunconnected railroads
  • no army
  • two small gupowder factories
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What were the total counts of the Union Forces and the Confederate Forces at the end of the war?
Definition

 

Union had 2,100,000 men

 

Confederaracy had 800,000 men 

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What was the informal and democratic way of recruiting soldiers? 

Definition
  • Recruiting offices were opened in locales
  • Rallies occured and attained volenteers

 

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In 1862 what was the result of the lack of volenteers in the confederate states? 

Definition

in 1862 a consctription law was enacted.

meaning that

 it required men that were

  • white and aged 18 - 35 to serve for 3 years
Later it was changeed to
  • white men aged 17-50 to serve for 3 years
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What exempted southeners from the conscription law?

 

Definition

shoemaking

the 20-negro law
(slave owners with 20+ slaves)

Term

What was the new law of the conscription law of 1864?

        
 

Definition
all soldiers were required to stay in the army for the duration of the war.
Term
Originally the south relied on European weapons and ammunition but what did they chose to use later?
Definition
They invested in government owned ammunition factories .
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What were the sources of the lack of Southern supply?
Definition
  • disrepaired or captured railroads
  • the production of cotton and tabbacco and not food that could be used for soldiers
  • the early attacks from union that destroyed livestock in virginia and tenessee 
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Who were the radical republicans?

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Who were  known radical republican leaders? 

Definition

republicans that were strongly opposed to Lincolns terms of reuniting.

 

Thaddeus Stevens Charles Sumner  John C. Frémont

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What was a carpetbagger?
Definition

A carpetbagger was a Northener who moved South during reconstruction.

 

They formed alliances with Freedmen 

 

In essence, they were Yankee Abolitionists  

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What were scalawags?
Definition

Southern white who joined the Republican party in the ex-Confederate South during Reconstruction 

 

They supported recontruction 

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What were the conditions of the first shots of the civil war?
Definition
  • Confederate shot
  • Pierre Gustav T. Beauregard ordered it
  • at Fort Sumter South Carolina
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By 1865, what did the federal war goals

 include?

Definition
  • preservation of the union
  • the destruction of slavery in the South
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In 1861 what was the goal of the Lincoln administration?
Definition
to restore thh union as it was
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What strategy did the Union use to to get the Cpnfederates to surrender?
Definition
They invaded the south
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Before the war, how long did both sides believed the war would last?
Definition
a few months
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When was Lincoln Inaugrated?
Definition

March of 1861

ALTHOUGH, he was elected in November of 1860 

Term
The election of Lincoln motivated the Deep South to do what?
Definition

Suceed ( withdrw from nation) and form their owen Confederate Government.

Term
Where was the Confederate Government formed and who was chosen to lead?
Definition

Montgomery Alabama

Jefferson Davis 

Term
What advantages did the North Have?
Definition

Population advantages

industry advantage

communication and supply lines 

Term
Where were the location of most of the factories in the united states?  
Definition
North -Union Territory
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What would the confederacy have to do to win independance?
Definition
defen their territory
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Who had more supply and communication lines?
Definition
Union
Term
What was lincolns largest political issue during the war?
Definition
Slavery
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How did union generals fail to please lincoln?
Definition
they did not fight the enemy to win the battles
Term
What was the Confederate Capital?
Definition

Richmond, Virgina

 

Although, it was orginally Montgomery, Al in 1861 

It had to be moved because the union's goal was to capture the Capital 

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What were the Union victories of July 1863?
Definition

Vicksburg and Gettysburg

 

Considered as the turning point of the war 

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What was the New York Draft Riot?
Definition
a protest in July 1863 against lincolns administration policy towards the conscription and emancipation
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