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Eberhard Ch. 15
Eberhard: Ch. 15 War and Reconstruction
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What were the three Northern strategies to win the Civil War? | They blockaded the southern ports, they tried to split the Confederacy in two at the Mississippi River and they attacked the Confederate capital. |
| What was the Southern strategy to win the Civil War? | They fought a defensive war for their land and way of life, and looked for support from England. |
| At the beginning of the war, why did the Union fight? | to preserve the Union (keep the country together) |
| How did the Northern goal of preserving the Union change as the war continued? | Later, the goal of preserving the Union changed to focus on the issue of slavery. |
| What was the Emancipation Proclamation? | The Emancipation Proclamation was an order issued by President Lincoln that freed the slaves in all the Confederate states. |
| How did the Emancipation Proclamation affect British support of the South? | This made it harder for the English government to support the South since many British citizens opposed slavery. |
| How did Blacks help the North in the Civil War? | They served as soldiers,liberators, spies, guides and messengers. |
| How did African-Americans in the South participate in the Civil War? | Some were forced to work for the Confederate Army and some ran away from the South and joined the Union Army. |
| What was the First S.C. Colored Volunteers? | the first black unit in the Union Army |
| What was the 54th Massachusetts Regiment famous for? | They led the attack on Fort Wagner outside of Charleston. |
| How did the Civil War affect women in the North? | In the north, women served as nurses or workers in factories during the war. Others rolled bandages or knitted socks to send to the soldiers. |
| How did the Civil War affect women in the South? | In the south, women were left to manage their plantations. They also served as nurses. Because so many men died in the war, many women had to continue managing their plantations after the war. |
| How were civilians in the North affected by the Civil War? | The war helped Northern businesses as the government bought military supplies. |
| What did the Fifteenth Amendment do? | gave Black men the right to vote |
| WHat did the Fourteenth Amendment do? | gave Blacks citizenship |
| What did the Thirteenth Amendment do? | made slavery illegal |
| How did Congress change Lincoln's Reconstruction Plan? | congress made a new Military Reconstruction plan, sending troops to the South to protect the rights of the freedmen. |
| How did the South react to Lincoln's Reconstruction Plan? | They passed laws called Black Codes that denied rights to Blacks. |
| What was the Freedmen's Bureau? | an organization formed after the Civil War that started schools and hospitals for Blacks |
| What was sharecropping? | A system of farming where Blacks rented land using part of their crop to pay the rent, leaving them often in a cycle of poverty |
| What did the newly freed African Americans do after the Civil War? | Many looked for their loved ones and returned to their plantations to work as sharecroppers. |
| How did the Civil War affect the United States? | The Union was preserved and slaves were freed. Planters lost their wealth as well as their labor force. It was decided that states did not have the right to secede. |
| When was Lincoln assassinated? | How did the Civil War affect the United States? |
| Why did Robert E. Lee surrender to General Grant? | Lee's army was exhausted and without supplies after four years of war |
| Where did the Civil War end? | Appomattox Court House in Virginia |
| What is total war? | This was a strategy to wear down the South and force the surrender of the Confederate Army by destroying the people’s will to fight. |
| What type of war did Sherman use? | a war of attrition and total war |
| What Union general led the March to the Sea? | General William T. Sherman |
| Who was Ulysses S. Grant? | the Union general who won the Battle of Vicksburg and finally provided strong leadership for the Army of the Potomac |
| Why was the Battle of Vicksburg important? | When the North won the battle, it split the Confederacy into two at the Mississippi River. |
| What was the Gettysburg Address? | a speech by Lincoln to dedicate the battlefield that focused Americans on the goal of preserving the Union and democracy |
| Why was the Battle of Gettysburg important? | It was the turning point in the war for the North because the South suffered a severe loss and was never able to invade the North. |
| How were civilians in the South affected by the Civil War? | There was not enough food and supplies, the land was devastated, entire cities were burned, and the economy was ruined. |
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