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Unit 1 study guide
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Copperheads | they were Democrats in the Northern United States of the Union who did not the American Civil War. |
| Emancipation Proclamation | it was a presidential proclamation issued by President Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863. |
| Total War | war that is unrestricted in terms of the weapons |
| War of Attrition | a military strategy in which one side tries to cause so many losses of soldiers until they surrender. |
| Amnesty | an official pardon for people who have been convicted of political offenses. |
| Black Codes | they were laws passed by Democrat-controlled Southern states in 1865 and 1866, after the Civil War. |
| Carpetbaggers | a political candidate who seeks election in an area where they have no local connections. |
| Sharecroppers | a tenant farmer who gives a part of each crop as payment. |
| Compromise of 1877 | The Compromise of 1877 was a unwritten deal that settled the intensity of the 1876 U.S. presidential election |
| Reconstruction acts | process of rebuilding the Southern states |
| What killed more soldiers in the civil war than battle? | disease |
| What is the Anaconda Plan? | a plan of the union to surround the Confederates so no equipment can come in the confederate states |
| What were Northerners called who sympathized with the South called? | They were called Copperheads |
| What were the Jim Crow Laws? | any laws that enforced racial segregation |
| What is the Crittenden Compromise? | was a proposal introduced by United States Senator John J. Crittenden but it was unsuccessful |
| What was the outcome of Plessy v Ferguson? | kept African Americans and whites segreated. |
| Who were the South relying on to help in the Civil War? ( 2 Countries in Europe) | Great Britian and France |
| Who led the South in the Battle of Shiloh? | General Beauregard and General Johnston |
| What kind of ruler was George McClellon? (Reluctant or Brave) | Reluctant |
| What year did Congress allow African Americans to fight in the War? | 1862 |
| What stated that any slave living in a rebelling state was free? | The Emancipation Proclamation |
| What was the 54th Massachusetts infantry? | Was made up of African Americans |
| Where did the South surrender? | Appomattox courthouse |
| What is Reconstruction? | Rebuilding the South |
| Who killed Abraham Lincoln? | John Wilkes Booth |
| What did the 13th Amendment do? Previous | Abolished (ended) slavery |
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