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Abraham Lincoln (Union)
Jefferson Davis (Confederacy) |
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| North's advantages and disadvantages? South's? |
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North: Adv.-(7)larger population; more factories; more railroads, roads, & canals to move troops; strong navy; leader(Lincoln); economy; government
Disadv.-(2) had to fight in unfamiliar territory; fewer skilled military leaders
South: Adv.- (3)fighting in familiar territory with a passion to defend their property and way of life; skilled hunters, horsemen, riflemen; outstanding military leaders
Disadva.- (6)fewer people than the north; fewer factories to make war supplies such as guns, cannons, & ammunition; fewer railroads for moving troops & supplies; Blockaded parts prevent South from selling cotton & buying supplies; government; economy |
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| Goals for North and South? |
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Noth's Goals(3):1.blockade southern ports, this would shut off the South's tade with Europe 2.West: take control of the Mississippi River -This would stop trade on the river & separate Arkansas, Texas, and Louisiana from the rest of the Confederacy 3. East: Union generals hope to seize Richmond and capture the Confederate Government
South's Goals(3): 1.fight a defensive war 2. war of attrition 3. gain support of Europeans for money & supplies to end the war quickly |
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| Generals->Lee,Grant(tell which side they commanded for)? |
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Robert E. Lee (Union general)
Ulysses S. Grant (Confederate general) |
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| Dates: Civil War? Reconstruction? |
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Civil War: 1861-1865
Reconstruction: 1865-1877 |
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| Terms of surrender? when? where? |
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(4)1.Confederates were to take horses & mules and go home. 2. not punished as traitors as long as the laws were obeyed where they lived 3. feed starving Confederate army 4. rifles taken but they could keep pistoles
when:April 1865
where: Appomattox Courthouse |
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(3)1.Antietam(1862)- big enough victory to get the Emanicpation Proclamation announced; kept Europe out of the War
2.Vicksburge- accomplished one of the north's goals to get control of the Mississippi River
3.Gettysburg- it was a major victory that destored a the flame of the Confederate army's drive to fight and let it as a spark. This battle also inspired the Gettysburg Adress delived by Lincoln (Nov. 19, 1863) |
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The Physical Toll:Souths economy weakened,land &possessions destroyed
Human Toll:many people died including a generation of young, no slavery
Socially: (1)Black southerners-homeless, jobless, hungry
(2)Plantation owners-debt, could afford workers->some lost land
(3)poor whites- couldn't find work any more b/c of job competition from freemen |
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| Result of Reconstruction? |
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successes(5):1.rebuilt Union & helped rebulid war torn South 2. stimulated economic growth in South & created new weathh in the North 3.14th & 15th Amendments 4.Freedmen's Bureau and other organizations 5.system of tax-supported-schooling in the South
failures(6): 1. black southerns remained in cycle of poverty; lacked property, economic opportunity, political power 2.racist attitudes continued in North and south 3.South slowly industrialized and still emphasized ariculture and lagged behind North 4. things left unaddressed(regulations on railroads, safer conditions in the work place, women suffrage 5. terrorist organzations such as Ku Klux Klan 6. white southerners vs. federal govt. & Republican party (lasting bitterness) |
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Richmond, Virginia (confederacy)
Washington D.C. (Union) |
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| What happened during Fort Sumter? when did it take place? where? what was this battle? |
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what happened: Gen. P.G.T Beauregard fired on Fort Sumpter and Lincoln called for volunteers for the federal troops. The south took this as an action of war against them and gathered together to as the Confederacy.
when: April 12,1861
where: South Carolina
what:the first battle of the war |
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| Lincoln's Plan (10% Plan for Reconstruction) |
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(3)1. offered pardon to any Confederate who would take an oath of allegance to the Union and accept federal policies on slavery
2.denied pardon to all Confederate military, govt. officials and to southerners who killed African American war prisioners
3. permitted each state to hold constitutional conventions, elections and full participation in the Union only after 10% of the voters in the state had sworn alligency to the Union |
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| Johnson's Plan (Presidential Reconstruction) |
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(4)1. pardoned southerners who swore allegiance to Union
2. permitted each state to hold a constitutional convertion
3.states required to void secession, abolish slavery, & ratify the 13th Amendment
4. States could then hold elections and participate in the Union |
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(6)1. put the South under military rule
2. ordered South to elect new delegates to create new state constitutions
3. allow all qualified male voters including black men to vote in the elections
4. temporarily barred southerners who had supported the Confederacy from voting
5. required southern states to guarantee equal rights to all citizens
6. ratify 14th Amendment |
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| Begining goal of Civil War? later? |
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Begining:To restore harmony in the Union
Later:war to end slavery |
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| Northern states are ___________in the war. Southern states are _________in the war. |
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| (5)Delaware, Kentucky, Maryland, Missouri, West Virginia |
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| (11)Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia |
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| What did both sides realize after Bull Run? What was the impact of the war's first major battle? |
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1.need to train soldiers
2. wouldn't be quick war & would only end when one side had been beaten |
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| When was President Lincoln killed? who killed him? where? |
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when: April 14, 1865
By: John Wilkes Booth
where: Ford theater |
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| What battles gave the Union control of the Mississippi River? What was the impact of Union victories in the West? |
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1.(7)Fort Henry, Fort Donelson, Shiloh, New Orleans, Memphis, Tennessee; Jackson, Mississippi; &Vicksburge Mississippi
2.achieved 2 of their goals:
the naval blockadehad shut off Southern trade
taken control of the Mississippi River-split the Confederacy |
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| Why did the South expect help from the Britain? Give 2 reasons why Britain didn't helpthe South. |
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1. b/c cotton was so important to Britain's Textile mills
2. a. buying cotton from Egypt and India
b. After the Emancipation Proclaimation, public opinion in Britain favored the Union |
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| Why did Lincoln handle the slave question with caution at first? |
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| He didn't want the 4 slave states(bourder states) in the Union to secede. |
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| Explain the Emancipation Proclamation and it's effect on the union and the Confederacy. |
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| The EP freed slaves in all Confederate states. The EP changed the purpose of the war & the abolition of slavery became a Union goal. |
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| How did Andrew Johnson become President? |
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| Lincoln was assinated and the power was shifted to the Vice President which at the time was Johnson. |
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Clash: President Johnson vs. Congress
Why? |
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| Johnson wanted power and he wanted to make decisions on how the southern states were treated but he didn't have the mandate to do so by law and that was the cause of the clash, along with the fact that he was a poor democrate. |
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| Why was Johnson impeached? |
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| He fired Stanton, a member of cabinet, and that was unconstitutional. |
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| What rights did southern states deny freedmen of? |
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| 1. gather after sunset, not work-meant fine,wipped, 1 year free labor, could only rent land in rural areas, mothers who wanted to say at home had to do farm labor |
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| How did Southern Blacks lose power & rights after 1877? |
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federal troops left (thus leaving them in the hands of those who enslaved them)
poll tax
literacy test
grandfather clause |
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| List 3 reasons why Northerners went to the south after the Civil War. |
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