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37 Cards in this Set
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What was the first state to leave the union?> |
South Carolina |
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What were the advantages of the north during the civil war? |
higher population, railroads (transportation), factories (for weapon,supply production) |
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What were the advantages of the south during the civil war? |
They were fighting on their turf (homefield advantage), they had highly experiences generals, and a stronger will to fight (defending their right to own slaves) |
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What was the effect of new technologies on the Napoleonic battle tactics? |
The outdated tactics weren't optimal for defense against new technology such as accurate guns. E.g. soldiers attempted to hide in a corn field for concealment however there is no protection from gun fire and it isn't necessary to see your enemy to kill them, they fired blindly into the corn fields. |
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What was the outcome of the first battle of bull run? |
The south (led by Stonewall Jackson) was victorious and the Union realized the reality of the war was that it wouldn't be over swiftly. |
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Who enacted the draft first? |
The confederacy (south) |
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When south Carolina succeded, what document did they cite? |
The declaration of independence, however they left out the "all men are created equal". |
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What was the problem with fort sumpter? |
It was a Union controlled fort located in the south |
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What was the outcome of the election of 1860? |
Lincoln won the election because his opponents votes were split, his opponent was mainly Stephen Douglas. Furthermore as lincoln was from the north where the population was greater, people voted party lines, which furthered the facilitation of his victory. |
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What was the Kanssas Nebraska act? What was its effect? |
It allowed people in the territories of Kansas andNebraska to decide for themselves whether or not to allow slavery within their borders. TheAct served to repeal the Missouri Compromise of 1820 which prohibited slavery north of latitude 36°30´. |
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Why did the kansas nebraska act pass? |
Stephen douglas wanted railroads to be built in illinois to facilitate commerce in his state so he chartered the legislation and helped it pass |
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What does Article 4 section 2 of the Constitution say? |
This is the fugitive slave clause that says a slave who escapes to another state is to be returned to the owner in the state from which he escaped. |
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What political party changes occurred in 1860? |
As the whig party had dissolved, the republican party appears for the first time |
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Define the missouri compromise |
A federal statue devised by henry clay that said where slavery could exist (only below the 36 30 line) It was repealed by the Kansas-nebraska act |
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who proposed the compromise of 1850 |
henry clay |
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what was the capital of the confederacy? |
Richmond, virginia |
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Who was the famous abolitionist involved in Bleeding Kansas? |
John Brown |
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Lecompton constitution |
Admitted kansas as a slave state, 1857 |
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compromise of 1850 |
fugitive slave act enacted |
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Who wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin? |
Harriet Beecher Stowe |
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Former senator from Mississippi , was the president of the confederacy? |
Jefferson Davis |
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What battle is known as the single bloodiest day of the civil war? |
Antietam |
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What occurred at Appomattox court house? |
Robert E Lee surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant |
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Who ran against lincoln in the presidential election of 1864? |
McClellen. |
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What actually freed the slaves? |
The 13th amendment |
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Why didn't the emancipation proclamation free the slaves? |
The proclamation decreed only slaves in certain states in rebellion were free, however they didn't have jurisdiction in most places to free the slaves |
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What happened to the south's economy during the war? |
Their economy tanked and failed as the shipping blockades blocked their trade of cotton and ability to import supplies. Furthermore they had inflation and they overprinted paper money. Their trade routes of the Mississippi and Tennessee river were also blocked. |
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What battle had the most casualties? |
Gettysburg |
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What was the purpose of the Gettysburg address? |
The address gave the North a increased ambition to fight so that the men who had died didn't die for nothing |
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Pickett's Charge |
the confederate forces charged directly into Union Military fire and half of the south's troops died. It occurred on the last day of the gettysburg |
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William Sherman |
Union general |
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Ulysses S. Grant |
his battle plan is to use the northern advantage of high troop count and risk high casualties in order to achieve his goals |
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Battle of shiloh |
occured before the siege of cornith |
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corinth |
strategic point as it was at the junction of two vital railroad lines, it's also 20 miles from the Tennessee river |
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What did Secretary of state WILLIAM SEWARD do? |
He bought Alaska for the U.S.
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What were the 3 civil war theaters? |
The east, western, and trans-mississippi |
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Who replaced lincoln? |
Andrew Johnson |
