SS CHAPTER 9 TEST

The strong defenses around Vicksburg

Grant quickly learned that attempts to simply invade Vicksburg would be unsuccessful due to what?

Constantly bomb the city until they surrendered.

Grants second plan to invade Vicksburg was what?

False: Both had military experience

T or F: Abe Lincoln had military experience, however, Jefferson Davis did not.

False- was not

T or F: Abe Lincoln was well educated

True

T or F: Abraham Lincoln was assassinated

False. They didn't know about germs

T or F: Hospitals were not clean and sanitized by nurses to kill germs.

False: he did believe in slavery

T or F: Jefferson Davis believed slavery was not necessary

False: Abraham Lincoln served in congress also

T or F: Jefferson Davis served in congress while Abraham Lincoln served in Senate

True

T or F: Jefferson Davis spent time in prison after the war

False: Abe Lincoln was

T or F: Jefferson Davis was for anti-slavery

False...Southerners did

T or F: Northerners felt that enslaved labor was necessary to their way of life.

True

T or F: the north and south were fiercely divided over slavery and the candidates reflected that divide.

True

T or F: the north and south were fiercely divided over slavery. The candidates reflected that divide.

True

T or F: the union lacked strong military leaders while the confederacy had a long history of talented military leaders.

General Grant and General Lee

Two generals that met at the McLean House in April 1865.

Siege of Vicksburg

Ulysses Grant arrived with more than 35,000 soldiers which began what?

Abraham Lincoln

Union President

It kept the balance of representatives of slave states and free states equal

What agreement was made by the northern and southern states in the Missouri compromise of 1820?

They believed enslaved labor was necessary

What belief on slavery did the south have?

freedom

What beliefs on slavery did the north have?

They discussed and signed the surrender terms for the Confederate Army.

What did General Grant and Lee do when they met at McLean House?

Industrial, factories

What economy did the north depend on?

agriculture-based economy

What economy did the south depend on?

They wanted nations to stay together under a strong central government.

What government beliefs did the north have?

The us government should not be able to take power from the states

What government beliefs did the south hve?

agriculture

What was the economy of the south based on?

Congress did not trust new President johnson and disagreed with Lincoln's feelings that the south should not be punished seceding.

What were some of the effects of Lincoln's assassination on the reconstruction effort?

January 1, 1863

When was the emancipation proclamation signed

Appotomax Court House

Where is the McLean House located?

"Dixie" one of the battle songs of the Confederacym was played when Lincoln appeared before a crowd after the war.

Which piece of evidence supports the fact that the union wanted the nation to begin healing as soon as the war ended?

Union

Who had the largest free population?

Abraham Lincoln

Who was President if the United States? Abraham Lincoln or Jefferson Davis

Abolitionist

Who worked hard to bring about an end to slavery in the United States

To have people to work on farms

Why might the confederacy contain such a large number of enslaved people?

Jefferson Davis

President of the Confederacy

True

Both Jefferson Davis and Abe Lincoln were born in Kentucky

Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth, a sympathizer of the confederacy. He belonged to a larger group of plotters.

How did President Lincoln die?

They had a larger army

How did a larger free population give them an advantage?

Confederate soldiers attacked a union fort in South Carolina

How did the Civil War begin?

Confederate soldiers attacked a union fort in South Carolina.

How did the civil war begin?

Both had similar education and military experience. Grant was know to be aggressive and Lee was know for his strategy skills.

How were generals Grant and Lee alike and different?

agriculture

I'm the 1800s, the south's economy was mostly based on what?

The constant bombing of the city and food shortage

The conditions inside Vicksburg were terrible due to what?

Gave all male citizens the right to vote without regard to race

The fifteenth amendment did what?

Vicksburg

The tide of war began to turn in favor of the union army at?