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history-civil war
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| harper's ferry | led by John brown, attempt to start slave uprising, brown failed and was executed |
| lincoln's election | won almost all northern states but no southern states and wasn't even on the ballot for some |
| what sparked southern succession? | lincoln's election |
| 1st state to suceed | south carolina |
| how many states eventually left the union? | 11 |
| Harriet Beecher stowe | author of uncle tom's cabin, went on speaking tour of great Britain, had formal education, witnessed slavery in Kentucky |
| 1st person to be executed for treason in US history | John brown |
| Senator Charles Sumner | Massachusetts senator, fought for banning slavery before civil war, was beaten by Congressman Preston Brooks (SC) with a walking stick |
| start of civil war | confederates firing on fort sumter |
| 4 border states | MO, KY, DE, MD |
| advantages of union | population, manufacturing, transportation, finances |
| advantages of confederacy | better military leadership, cash crop (cotton), military tradition, strategy (sit+defend) |
| parts of anaconda plan | block southern ports, control Mississippi river, capture richmond |
| 1st military battle of civil war | bull run |
| who won the battle of bull run, making their confidence rise significantly? | confederacy |
| ironclads | steam powered ships plated with heavy armor |
| most famous battle of ironclads | North's monitor vs. South's Merrimack |
| union general who was fired by Lincoln and incredible cautious | George McClellan |
| did britain take a side during the civil war? | no |
| why did Britain not need the south's cotton? | they had a surplus before the war and got it from Egypt |
| effects of antietam | 1) gave a (moral) cause to the war 2) allowed African americans to fight in war 3) allowed emancipation proclimation |
| writ of habeas corpus | Lincoln suspended the right to have a court date before you were imprisoned, 13,000 southern sympathisers held without trial (mostly for a short time) |
| who was the first to use conscription? | confederacy |
| how could southerners avoid the draft? | own 20 or more slaves, hire a sub |
| how could northerners avoid the draft? | pay $300, hire a sub |
| a vast majority of the union army was made of ________ | volunteers |
| city in the north where there was a large conscription protest | new York city |
| most famous african-american unit | 54th in massachussets |
| what happened to African Americans at fort pillow? | 200 African American prisoners were executed |
| where did stonewall Jackson (confederate) die? | chancellorsville |
| what were 2 reasons lee gave for invading the north? | 1) lee believed that a major victory in Pennsylvania would cause northerners to go against lincoln and the war 2) to take Northern food supplies and take some pressure off vicksburg |
| day 1 of gettysburg | soldiers met by chance, confederates took control, union took high ground |
| day 2 of gettysburg | confederates attempt to take high ground, joshua chamberlain/bayonet charge |
| day 3 gettysburg | lee was optimistic, pickett's charge, retreated back to viriginia |
| where did Lee and Grant meet to surrender? | Appomattox court house |
| terms for surrender | lee's men were paroled and sent home with possessions, horses, and 3 days rations. officers got to keep their firearms |
| what was the biggest Confederate sympathiser mistake? | assassinating abe lincoln |
| what type of shortage was really bad in the south? | food shortages |
| how did the confederacy pay for the war? | printing more money |
| how did the union pay for the war? | income tax, selling bonds to citizens |
| how many men died in the civil war? | 620,000 |
| US sanitary commission responsibilities | improve sanitary conditions in army camps, recruit+train nurses |
| andersonville raiders | group of prisoners who preyed upon fellow prisoners, stealing whatever they could |
| commandant Henry Wirz | one of 2 confederates executed for war crime |
| estimated cost of civil war | $3.3 billion |
| 13th amendment (Dec 1865) | ended slavery |
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