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?