apush ch. 14
The event that touched off the process of secession for the majority of southern states was
the election of Lincoln to the presidency
In his first inaugural address, Lincoln laid down all the following basic principles EXCEPT
the institution of slavery would not be allowed to continue anywhere in the United States
In 1861 the North went to war with the South primarily to
preserve the Union
Charles Sumner, Benjamin Wade, and Thaddeus Stevens were
radical Republicans
During the American Civil War, Great Britain adopted the policy of
remaining neutral, while permitting limited aid to the Confederates
The Battle of Antietam was
the bloodiest single day's fighting of the war
the context of the Civil War, a border state was
a slave state that did not secede from the Union
At the outset of the war, the North enjoyed all of the following advantages EXCEPT
a stronger will to fight
The Democratic platform of 1864 called for
a truce in the Civil War
General Ulysses S. Grant was known for his
aggressive assault on Confederate resources
The Emancipation Proclamation freed
all the slaves of the South except those already under Union control
By their enemies, Northern Peace Democrats were called
Copperheads
Before the Civil War broke out, Southern Senators favored a compromise plan known as the ________ Compromise
Crittenden
In the presidential election of 1864, the Democrats nominated
George B. McClellan
Lee's invasion of Pennsylvania was turned back after he lost a third of his forces at the Battle of
Gettysburg
As the Confederacy acquired more states, its capital was transferred from Montgomery to
Richmond
The victorious Union commanders who led the final major campaigns of the war were
Sherman and Grant
The first state to leave the Union after Lincoln's election was
South Carolina
The general who orchestrated the "March to the Sea" was
William T. Sherman
Technological advances in arms and artillery in the era of the Civil War resulted in
battles that featured almost inconceivable slaughter
During the Civil War, the Northern economy changed in that the
coal industry increased production
During the Civil War, the U.S. Congress
created a national banking system that could issue national bank notes
In the North, the Civil War had the effect on women of
hastening the conversion of nursing into a female occupatio
Had commercial farms to feed the troop
describes the North
Had the use of the navy
describes the North
President Lincoln responded to opposition to the war effort by
engaging in widespread suspension of civil liberties
The difficulties of the Union war effort included
extended supply lines across hostile territory
The death toll in the American Civil War was
far greater than that of any other American war
The militant leaders of the South in the mid-1800s were known as
fire-eaters
Of the over two million men who served in the Union armies, the largest number were men who
volunteered for service
During the Civil War, the economy of the South
was devastated by the widespread destruction
Among historians, the key question about the Civil War was
was the war inevitable?
Experiences of black soldiers in the Civil War included
• a heroic and deadly attempt to take Fort Wagner • a higher mortality rate than that of white soldiers • often being required to do menial labor • initially receiving pay that was lower than that of whites
The Union's objectives in the Civil War included
• destroying the Confederate armies • restoring federal authority in all of the states • preventing European powers from intervening in the war • establishing a naval blockade around the Confederacy
The Emancipation Proclamation was significant in that it
• established the elimination of slavery as a justification for the war • eventually freed thousands of slaves • helped to provide black volunteers for the Union Army • caused the freeing of slaves in border states before the end of the war
During the war, the Republican party enacted legislation designed to promote
• the rapid development of the West • the construction of a transcontinental railroad • a new national banking system • the use of paper money known as "greenbacks"
By late 1860, the divisive forces that had always existed within the United States were no longer counterbalanced by
•a respect for the Constitution • a romantic vision of America's great national destiny • a stable two-party system • a belief that the federal government was nonthreatening