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Civil War and Reconstruction
What effect did the war have on reconstruction?
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Histology
Undergraduate 3
12/17/2015

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Term
Emancipation Proclamation
Definition

Changed status of Southern slaves to free

Slaves who escaped or were liberated were now free

Issued as a war measure

Term

What was Lincoln's religious conversion experience?

What concept did it lead him to?

Definition

Death of son Willie

"God can't be for and against something at the same time"

"God wills this conflict"

"What good might come from it?"

"Emancipation" 

Term

Where did the civil war begin?

How many died?

Definition

Fort Sumpter

620,000

Term
Why is the civil war a rich man's war and a poor man's fight?
Definition
Only 5% of Southerners have slaves
Term
General Butler's Contraband order
Definition
Slaves are contraband of war
Term
Why was the Civil war poorly planned?
Definition

What will happen to plantation lands after?

What will happen to rebel states after?

Term

Confiscation act

Sherman's' special orders

Definition

Allowed the confiscation of confederate property

(including land and slaves)

 

Confiscation of 400,000 acres--> Given to freed slaves

"40 acres and a mule"

Term

What was the 54th Massachusetts Infantry?

 

Who led it?

 

Important battle

Definition

One of the first official African American Units

 

Col. Robert Gould Shaw

 

Fort Wagner--> led the attack through heavy artillery

Term
William Carney
Definition

Carries the Flag at Fort Wagner

 

Shot multiple times; doesn't die

 

Recieves Congressional medal 40 yrs later

Term
Battle Of Antietam
Definition

First conflict to happen on Union soil

 

Bloodiest single-day battle in American history

 

Confederate troops withdrew first=union victory

 

Gave Abe confidence to announce emancipation proc

Term
Martin Delany
Definition

Abolitionist

 

Son served in 54th

Term
New York Draft Riots 1863
Definition

Working class unhappy about new enrollment act

 

50 major battles

100 significant battles

 

Term
Substitution
Definition
Can get some poor Irish guy to fight for you
Term

Why didn't Irish want freed blacks?

 

How did they react?

Definition

Labour competition

 

Lynchings

Term
Gettysburg and Vicksburg
Definition

2 battles that turned the tide of the civil war

 

both huge union victories

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