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18 Cards in this Set
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Lincoln Elected |
1860 |
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Main causes of the Civil War |
State rights (did not want to follow the federal government laws) Issue of slavery Battle of Fort Sumter (located in South California) |
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Civil War begins |
1861 |
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Union |
Lincoln, Ulysses S. Grant, William Sherman |
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Advantages of the Union |
Factories, railroads, more soldiers, economic growth, and anaconda plan |
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Disadvantages of the Union |
Weak military leaders |
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Confederacy |
Jefferson Davis, Robert E. Lee, Stonewall Jackson, |
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Advantages of the Confederacy |
Farming, river, experienced military leaders |
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Disadvantages of the Confederacy |
Lack of supplies and soldiers, starvation, AWOL (soldiers, dissenters) |
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Capitol of the Union |
Washington D.C |
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Capitol of the Confederacy |
Richmond, Virginia |
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Who brought out the Anaconda Plan? |
Winfield Scott (a great general during 1861) Union |
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Anaconda Plan (4 main parts)
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- Blockade the coast of the South to prevent the export of cotton, tobacco, and other cash crops from the South and to keep them from importing much needed war supplies. - Divide the South by controlling the Mississippi River to cut the South off from the west. - Divide the South by capturing the Tennessee River Valley and marching through Georgia to the coast. - Capture Richmond, Virginia, the capital of the Confederate States of America. |
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Redeemers
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White Southerners to wanted to regain political/social/economical power.
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Populist Party Goals
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Replacing the Democrats as the nation's second party by forming an alliance of the farmers of the West and South with the industrial workers of the East. James B. Weaver was the Populist candidate for President that year, and he polled over 1,041,000 votes.
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Immigration Act (1924)
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Allowed 2% of immigrant populating living in U.S. in 1890 to enter the country, establish quota system, discriminate against Southern/Eastern European immigrants.
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Red Scare
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anti-immigrant movement in America, targeted radicals, anarchists, labor unions.
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5 Cause of Imperialism
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1. Political (nationalism, to be the most powerful country by ruling many other countries). 2. Economical (to use other country's resources, recieve cheap labor, have a market for their goods. i.e. Africa). 3. Religious (to spread their religion. i.e. missionaries) 4. Idealogical (believed that their race was better and had to civilize other people by teaching them. i.e. The White Man's burden) 5. Exploratory (people wanted to explore new lands for mapping, etc.)
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