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21 Cards in this Set
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What is a scalawag?
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white southener who joined the republican party
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What is the significance of the Anaconda Plan?
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-union war strategy to incircle the South
-called for a naval blockade and the capture of the Misssissippi river |
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What was redemption, and how does it tie into Reconstruction?
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white southeners regain position that they held prior to the war (politically)
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What were three advantages that the Confederacy possessed durign the Civil War?
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more $ (industry)/people/navy
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What were three advantages taht the Confederacy possessed during the Civil War?
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fighting for freedom, better generals, fighting for their homes
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What was teh focus of the 14th amendment?
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equal protection of the law
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What was the focus of the 15th amendment?
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black males can vote
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What was "home rule"? what was it a euphenism for?
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states making their own laws
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What was the significance of the battle of Gettysburg?
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turning point of civil war
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What was Lincoln's goal (once the war began)?
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end slavery
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What happened at Fort Pillow?
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Massacre of hundreds of African-American prisoners and some whites
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Why did peopel riot in New York in the summer of 1863?
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Irish were being forced to fight (draft) and they couldn't pay
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What were the components of Lincoln's 10 percent plan?
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leniant process whereby 10% of the population swears allegiance to the Union
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What were three characteristics of Radical Reconstruction?
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-divided South into 5 military districts
-required the states to guarantee black male suggrage -required ratification of 14th amendment for readmission to the Union |
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Wher are three reasons why one could argue that Reconstruction was a failure?
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redemption, black codes, Jim Crowe laws, 15th amendment
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What are 3 reasons why one could argue that Reconstruction was a success?
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-still one country
-13th, 14th, 15th amendment passed -freedman's bureau |
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What is the significance of the "Black Codes"?
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maintained social structure where whites dominate over lower class (blacks)
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carpetbagger
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A Northerner who went to the South after the Civil War for political or financial advantage.
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sharecropping
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when farmers would give former slaves land and slaves would work for the farmers
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KKK
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ku klux klan
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impeachment
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to be tried for high crimes and misdemeanors while in office
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