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29 Cards in this Set
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1. What are the reasons to study history?
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Interesting, never finished, develop empathy, to be a better thinker, and to learn from past mistakes.
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2. What are the 5 founding American Ideals?
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Democracy, Liberty, Equality, Opportunity, and Rights.
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3. *Preamble* Explain what it means
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* We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.
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4) What are 3 characteristics of the North during 1850-1860?
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Industrial, Limited slavery, and Greater population
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5) What are 3 characteristics of the South during 1850-1860?
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Relied on agriculture, Predominately rural, and Relied on slavery as an industry
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6) How did the Fugitive Slave Law increase tension between the North and the South?
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Runaway slaves were forced to be returned. Southerners brought charges against Northerners for harboring slaves. Southerners would capture freemen and claim they were runaways
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7) What is popular sovereignty?
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vote in kansas when it was becoming a new state that people from the south and north would decide if it would be pro slavery or anti slavery
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8) Which state became a battle ground for the Civil War?
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Kansas
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9) Which state was the 1st to succeed from the union?
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South Carolina
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10) What is sectionalism?
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The differences between the north and the south
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11) Define - Emancipation Proclamation
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Announcement made by President Lincoln during the Civil War on September 22, 1862, emancipating all black slaves in states still engaged in rebellion against the Union.
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12) Define- Gettysburg Address
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speech delivered on November 18, 1863, by President Abraham Lincoln at the dedication of the national cemetery on the site of the Battle of Gettysburg.
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13) Define- Total war
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war that is unrestricted in terms of the weapons used, the territory or combatants involved, or the objectives pursued, esp. one in which the laws of war are disregarded.
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14) What are the advantages of the North?
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* more troops
* more money * more industrial * more resources |
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15) What were the advantages of the South?
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* Fought a defensive war
* On their own terrain |
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16) What were the bloodiest battles?
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* Gettysburg
* Antietam * Bull Run |
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17) What were the challenges in government the North?
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* shortage of troops
* Shortage of money * lack of supplies |
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18) What were the challenges in the government in the South?
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* shortage of troops
* Shortage of money * lack of supplies |
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19) What were the effects of war on the soldiers (North and South)?
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* harsh conditions
* boredom * homesick * disease spread throughout camp |
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20) What were conditions like in the South for the slaves?
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* Harsher conditions, plantations owners afraid slaves would runaway
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21) What was life like for African-Americans in the North?
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* given manual jobs
* discriminated against * earned less money |
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22) What were some contributions of women in the war?
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* ran business
* worked as nurses * spies * disguised themselves as men and fought as soldiers |
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23) Where was the end of the Civil War?
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* Appomattox, Virginia
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24) Who were the commanders of each side?
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* North-Ulysses S. Grant
* South- Robert E. Lee |
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25) When was the surrender?
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* April 9, 1865
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26) How many steps were the Southern States required to take in order to rejoin the Union?
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5
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27) List new freedoms for slaves
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Travel
Marriage Education Own land |
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28) What was the purpose of the Freedmen’s Bureau?
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Assist former slaves and poor whites in the South
Provided: medical care, food, clothing, education, legal assistance and acted as a court of law in some situation |
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29) How many purposes did the Black Codes they serve?
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3
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