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Civil War Era
Disunion, CW, Reconstruction VUS 7
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Who wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin and what impact did it have on society? | Harriet Beecher Stowe; it exposed the cruelties of slavery and helped the abolitionist movement gain momentum |
| How did President James Buchanan believe the slavery issue should be settled? | The Supreme Court should decide on the issue of slavery |
| What precedent was established in the decision in the Dred Scott v. Sanford case? | Slaves are property, not citizens |
| What happened as a result of the election of 1860? | Republican Abraham Lincoln was elected and sparked southern secession |
| Who was president of the United States during the Civil War? | Abraham Lincoln |
| Who was president of the Confederate States of America? | Jefferson Davis |
| Who was the Confederate General o the Army of Northern Virginia? | Robert E. Lee |
| Although Robert E. Lee opposed secession, why did he lead the Confederate Army? | He did not believe the Union should be held together by force |
| Who was the commanding general of the Union Army? | Ulysses S. Grant |
| Who was the former slave who urged Lincoln to recruit former slaves for the Union army? | Frederick Douglass |
| Where was the opening confrontation of the Civil War? | Fort Sumter, SC |
| What important document was issued after the Battle of Antietam? | Emancipation Proclamation |
| Why was the Emancipation Proclamation important? | By freeing slaves in states of rebellion, Lincoln changed the goal of the war from preserving the union to destroying slavery |
| What battle is considered the turning point of the Civil War and why? | Gettysburg, Lee's last great offensive attack |
| Where did Robert E Lee surrender the army of Northern Virginia to Ulysses S Grant? | Appomattox Court House Virginia |
| What did Lee encourage his troops to do after defeat? | He encouraged southerners to accept defeat and unite as Americans again |
| What is the strategic war plan used by the Union army called? | Anaconda Plan |
| What was the strategic war plan used by the Confederate army called? | Offensive-Defensive Plan |
| What was Lincoln's view of Reconstruction? | Quickly restore state governments and reunite the nation without punishment |
| Whose reconstruction plan is stated in the quote "with malice towards none, with charity for all...to bind up the nations wounds." | Abraham Lincoln |
| What enabled Radical Republicans to influence the process of Reconstruction? | John Wilkes Booth assassination of Abraham Lincoln |
| What as the Radical Republican plan for reconstruction? | Did not allow seceded states back immediately and put them under military occupation |
| Did Radical Republicans agree with President Andrew Johnson after Lincoln's assassination? | No, they impeached him but failed to remove him from office over the issue of civil rights for African Americans |
| What are the "Civil War Amendments?" | 13th, 14th, 15th (Free, Citizens, Vote) |
| When did Reconstruction come to an end? | Compromise of 1877 promised the removal of military occupation in exchange for the election of a Republican president |
| What was the leadership role of Ulysses S Grant after the Civil War? | He urged Congress not to be too harsh on former Confederates and advocated for the rights of freedmen during Reconstruction as President |
| What was the leadership role of Robert E Lee after the Civil War? | He emphasized education and became the President of Washington College (Washington and Lee University) |
| What was the leadership role of Frederick Douglass after the Civil War? | Spokesman for African Americans and advocated for the 14th and 15th Amendments prior to becoming an ambassador to Haiti |
| What was the name of the anti-slavery newspaper published by William Lloyd Garrison? | The Liberator |
| Who proposed the Missouri Compromise and Compromise of 1850? | Henry Clay |
| What is the Missouri Compromise? | A temporary solution to growing sectionalism over slavery that divided the the nation at the 36-30 parallel and established slave territory below but not above in the Louisiana Purchase |
| What was the Compromise of 1850? | Allowed California to become a free state, strengthened fugitive slave laws, established popular sovereignty in western territories and abolished the slave trade in Washington D.C. |
| Who proposed the Kansas Nebraska Act? | Stephen Douglas |
| What was the Kansas Nebraska Act? | Allowed popular sovereignty to be the deciding factor on slavery in the Kansas and Nebraska territories and repealed the Missouri Compromise |
| What were the 2 results of the Kansas Nebraska Act? | A territorial civil war in Kansas nicknamed Bleeding Kansas and the birth of the Republican Party |
| What two slave rebellions took place in Virginia? | Nat Turner's Rebellion and Gabriel Prosser's Rebellion |
| Why did southern states secede following the election of 1860? | Afraid that republican president-elect Lincoln would try to abolish or limit the spread of slavery |
| What was the significance of the Battle of Antietam? | First battle in northern territory resulting in the bloodiest battle in American History and led Lincoln to issuing the Emancipation Proclamation |
| What effect did the Emancipation Proclamation have on foreign governments? | discouraged foreign governments from aiding the Confederacy who was defending the institute of slavery |
| How did the Civil War affect African Americans | Gained freedom from the Emancipation Proclamation and served in the Union Army and Navy |
| What was the role of women during the Civil War? | Managed homes and families, ran farms, faced poverty and hunger, worked as nurses or in war industries |
| What two major cities lay in ruins as the end of the Civil War? | Atlanta and Richmond |
| What was the Jim Crow Era? | The period where southern states required racial segregation in public facilities, schools, etc. |
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