Unit 6: civil war and revolution

The first major battle of the Civil War (Southern win) was

Bull Run

What protection did the 14th amendment give African Americans during reconstruction?

Gave all persons born or naturalized in u.s. Citizenship

Why did draft riots take place in New York in 1863?

Immigrants did wanna fight to free slaves who would then take their jobs. They rioted when officials drew names for the draft

What impact did the civil war have on the economy in the north?

It boomed. Except cotton. There were tons of wealthy industries

What was the importance of the Gettysburg address?

It made citizens refer to the U.S. As a whole by saying is instead of are

Why did Lincoln's emancipation proclamation not immediately free any slaves?

It only applies to areas behind confederate lines. Outside of unions control

Who was the president during the Credit Mobilier and Whiskey Ring scandals?

President Ulysses S. Grant

Goal of Kkk

Prevent African Americans from excercising political rights

2 ways freedoms bureau offered help to slaves after civil war

-distributed clothes and food -set up hospitals schools institutions and teacher training centers

Why did the confederacy face food shortage during the civil war

-drain of manpower into army - Union occupied farm areas - loss of slaves in fields

How did white democrats win control of Mississippi Florida South Carolina and Louisiana

They scared republican and black leaders away from polls so white democrats had control of election

By the end of the civil war what % of the Union was African American

10%

How long did president rejoice over his victory until he was killed

5 days

About how many Americans (Union and confederate) died as a result of the civil war

620,000

Made up largest group of southern republicans during reconstruction

African Americans

Who were radical republicans in congress during reconstruction era?

Angered with reconstruction plan. Wanted to destroy slaveholder political powers and make former slaves full citizens

Where did lee surrender to grant

Appomattox

Who was described the "angel of the battlefield?"

Clara Barton

The Southern strategy at the beginning of the civil was was to fight what type of strategy?

Defense

The commander of the army of the Potomac following the defeat at Bull Run

George McClellan

Goal of Lincolns 10% plan of reconstruction

Gov would pardon confederates except high ranking officials of crimes against was prisoners. 10% of those on 1860 voting lists took and oath of alliegance and then they could become a state in congress

Why did Andrew Johnson veto the freedoms bureau and the civil rights act of 1866?

He thought congress was going farther than assigned duties from founding fathers

Why was pres Andrew Johnson impeached by congress

He wasn't carrying out his constitutional obligation to enforce the reconstruction act

Why was the Union victory at Vicksburg an important battle?

It was 1 of 2 confederate holdouts preventing the Union from taking control of the Mississippi

Explain how poll taxes discriminated against African Americans after the civil war

It was a tax that had to be pages before qualifying to vote- African American sharecroppers were too poor to afford this

What is lynching

Killing someone with mobs without due process of law. Ie shoot burn hang without trial

What was sharecropping

Landowners divided land and gave to workers. The workers have owner a share of profit and then repayed for prop

How did the Supreme Court rule in Plessy vs Ferguson (1896) and how did this impact blacks

Legalized segregation in public faculties. This legalized segregation for almost 60 yrs

Which 4 slave states remained in the Union throughout the war

Maryland Delaware Kentucky Missouri

What 4 advantages did the Union enjoy over the Confederacy

More: Fighting Power Factories Food Railroads

What position did Great Britain take towards fighting in America during the civil war?

Neutral

What protection did the 15th amendment give African Americans during reconstruction

Nobody could be kept from voting bc of race color or previous condition of servitude

What 2 ironclad ships fought to draw in 1862, signaling the end of wooden naval ships?

North- Monitor South- Merrimack

Who were the copperheads

Northern democrats who advocated peace with the south

Who were scalawags and who were carpetbaggers

Scalawags- white southerners who joined Republican Party Carpetbagger- northerners who moved to south after war

The was the purpose of the Jim Crow laws in the south?

Seperate whites and blacks

Why was illiteracy at such a high % among African Americans at end of civil war

Slaves were prohibited and punished from reading (80% over 20 yrs old)

Which constitutional amendment abolished slavery

The 13th amendment

What 1863 Union victory is often called "the turning pt of the civil war?"

The battle at Gettysburg

How did Rutherford Hayes election bring an end to reconstruction

The compromise of 1877 was what southern democrats demanded in order for him to win the election

Why was General Sherman's army so harsh as it marched through South Carolina?

The wanted to end the war where it had started and they altogether wanted the fighting to end

Why did the reconstruction act of 1867 split the former confederacy into military districts?

To protect the slaves rights when voting

Who was given command of all Union forces in March 1864

Ulysses s grant

Which 4 southern states seceded after the bombardment of Fort Sumpter

Virginia Arkansas Tennessee North Carolina

How were blacks and minorities discriminated outside of south

West-oppression North-discriminated against in workplace and where they lived was decided base on race

How did southern whites use grandfather clauses to protect whites and discriminate against blacks

You could still vote if your grandfather could vote before January 1 1867. No blacks could vote then