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civil war and recon.
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| what years aRe we studying? | 1860-1877 |
| north? south? | n=union; s=conferates |
| beggining of war, years? Where? date? | 1861-1863; Fort sumter (april 12, 1861) |
| secession began where? | south carolina. C had to fire here to get U soilders out |
| 4 states that seceded and joined the C | Va, TN, NC, AR |
| 4 slave state L forced to stay in union? | Missouri, maryland, kentucky, delaware; border states |
| C capital? u capital? significance? | Richmond VA; DC; 100 miles apart. 60% fighting in between. whomever wins VA wins war |
| north's anaconda plan? | choke south to death; uptake miss. river and choke parts. why? Miss= everything flows from the n down to s. so they will block the ports bc south has the cotton everyone wants. |
| "cotton diplomacy" | block it from europe. South= 75% of worlds cotton. |
| what does england produce with cotton? | textiles.. making clothes everyone wants. british economy depends on it.; south depends on britain and britian depends on south. |
| when does britian start feelign hurt of cotton diplomacy? | 1862. before they had a huge surplus from buying so much. |
| whhat owned both Dems and Reps? | cotton |
| why do south withhold cotton? | for recognition |
| what starts off the tension with europe besides cotton? | trent affair, 1861 |
| trent affair. year? what goes down? | 1861; N ship boards british ship. act of war. british sent army and landed in canada. |
| end result of trent affair? | Britian had no reason to attack |
| when did britian star at feeling the hurt? why? | 1862; unemployment rising bc they needed cotton for factories |
| who kept losing war in? years? | north. 1861-1862 |
| L's desperate move to win war? | wants to end slavery |
| whhy does L wanna end slavery? advancement? | hurt C, B will support north instead of south |
| what does lincoln pass to end slavery? | emancipation proclamation |
| Why does britain lean more towards siding with the south? | union keeps winning; if south wins, they'll declare war of US (north), and start trading otton again |
| Battle of Antietam. year? what happened? | 1862; first union victory in long time; |
| what does L use victory of Antietiem to do? | announce EP. |
| emacipation proclamation | loyal states remain in slavery, rebellious states no slavery. |
| who does the EP not apply to? | border states bc they are loyal; and L thought they might turn on him; |
| L platform to maintain slavery QUOTE | "i will keep all, some or none" |
| Why is souths chance of winning slim after the EP? | war is now one to end slavery and south allows that. B hates slavery. |
| WHAT battle says south is done for good?? | Battle of Guesttesberg |
| Problem with EP? | presidents cant make laws! only the supreme court! SC had just made slavery constitutional and he made a law against it.... |
| Was the EP constitutional? | no. |
| Why was the 13th amendement passed? | to fix the mess the EP did.which freed slaves and preserved the union. |
| when are the slaves legally freed? | after the war |
| Who was thrown in jail over critiizing what lincoln did? | jefferson davis |
| who became pres. after lincokn was assassinated? what did he do first? | johnson, put davis on trial for treason |
| Why was davis set free? | - chief justice of SC tells him if they put him on trail then everything Down on the battlefield will be for nothing. bc what lincoln did was so illegal - doesn't prosecute leader of confederacy bc what they did with the EP was so illegal. south would |
| who wrote a 1200 page book on whig party? | holt; anything L did or said was all in that book |
| wwho was L's role model? gave his eulogy at funeral? | clay |
| L was a what? meaning? | centralizer. revolves around govt |
| Morill Tariffi. drafted and signed when? what was it? | before L was press. need tariff so ppl would by pennsilvania things and not british things. |
| morill tariff passed when? | march 1861 |
| which state had the 2 most electoral votes that L need to wiN? how to make this happen? | Penn; morill tariff |
| how hig did L raise the Morill tariff? | 47% |
| Increase of revenue of govt rose by how much after m tariff? | 70% |
| railroad. paid? | per mile. flat= 16000;; hilly= 3200; mountains= 48000 |
| railroad owners scheme? | opened own supply company. get get thier money from govt. RICH |
| Railroad ended? | utah; both went bankrupt |
| Credit mobilier | Construction company. VP had to step down bc he was so involved |
| Greenbacks | paper money. backed up by gold and silver |
| Greenbacks setback? | 10% tax on notes; trying to get banks out of business |
| railroad end? | utah; both went bankrupt |
| credit mobilier | construction company. Vp had to step down bc he was so involved |
| greeenbacks | paper money; backed by govs gold and silver |
| tax on notes? | 10% trying to snuff banks out of business |
| who was the largest controller of money? | US national bank |
| What was wrong with the national bank? | FF said the ppl were supposed to be served by the govr. CHANGE OF ROLES |
| End of war; year? president? | 1864-1865; Ulysses S. Grant |
| Who is the only guy who keeps winning battles in the wawr? promoted to? L wants him to move to where? | Grant. commander and chief; VA bc thats whehre the battles are mostly fought. |
| Grants targets? Goal shift? | confederate armies; from land in south, to never leaving confederates alone. |
| What does Grant want to figure out about south? | what they will fight and die for |
| grant. richmond, VA? | continually fight, wear south down |
| gratn. Atlanta, GA? | confederate army hub. FIGHT and wear them out |
| Grant. Destroy civilian support? | Take war to the southerners and destroy everything they have. left with NOTHING |
| 2 examples of grants destroying civilian support | shenendoah valley, VA 1864; "shermons march" Ga 1864 |
| shenanoah valley. year? what happened? | 1864; grant orders everything in the calley to the ground. |
| nickname for shen. valley VA | bread basket of confederacy. |
| what puts strain on confederates armies? | no food anymore. bc of shenandoah valley |
| Sherman's march? year? what happened? | 1864. atlanta to atlantic coast and burns everything to the ground; takes everything out in a 60 mile stretch. steals china. |
| Grants's plan name? | total war |
| early china show? | all stolen from south by union soilders "ima make georgia howl" |
| Election of 1864. | L up for reelection in middle of the war. He resigned to the fact that he couldn't win. Northerners just wanted to end the war. |
| Who captures atlanta and burns it to the ground. success? | sherman; now they can win and L can get reelected! |
| who does L write a ltter to? why? | sherman saying thanks for reassuring his reelection |
| Official end of war? | Appomattox C.H (april 9th 1865); Robert E Lee surrendered |
| Reconstruction. years? who fights? | 1865-18877;; president vs congress; p=no revenge. c=revenge |
| Who wins war? whats the next question? | North. Union. How do we recover? |
| L's 10% plan? | make it as smooth as possible to get back in union. require 10% of voters to take oath of allegiance in 1860 |
| Who opposes 10% plan? | RR |
| who is souths biggest ally during reconstruction? | Lincoln |
| why do RR oppose? | need higher standards. want revenge on south. |
| what kind of governors do RR want? restricted rights of ex-confederates? oath? | military. cant vote or hold office. oath has to be over 50% of population.--> military rule until that happens |
| RR- extend right to freedmen? | states gonna have to ratify constitutional amendments; full extension of libertes and rights to former slaves |
| Wade davis bill? | L. extended these rights to slaves, L says its too muc to fast. bill put up by congress. Bill designed to help RR get what they want and L vetoes it! |
| 3 big time radical leaders? | Charles sumner, thaddeaus stevens, benjamin daivs (authored bill) |
| who become president after L assassinated? what happens to new president? | Johnson. impeached |
| Pro-union gov of tennessee? | andrew johson |
| only loyal senator? 'out of how many? | johnson. of 22 only who to stay in DC |
| Lincolns running mate in 1864? symbolic? | J from the south. L from north; J = democratic, L= republican; BRIDGING THE GAP; |
| why does johnson hate the south? | bc he wasn't a slave owner and the slave owners were the ones who had all the power. Cannot except that balcks and whiite are equal. believes they should have freedom, just not the dam eknd as whites. |
| Johnson's famous quote? | "this country is for white men, and by god, as long as i am president, it shall be a government for white men." |
| What appeared to be all the answers in J presidency? | he was a democratic and the only one not to secede so he could help the south! but he hated the south. THey wanted him to sign the wadedavis bill. |
| what big event doe J become president in? what does he do about tit? | congressional resess. he pushes forward with reconstruction without them. |
| What plan does J go forward with? who's mad? why does he do this? | 10% plan. congress mad. j doesn't want blacks tobe equal. |
| Who allowed black codes? what are they? | joohnson. Laws against black ppl, restricts voting, no vagrancy (homelessness) |
| What happens if blacks cant keep black laws? results? RR's opinion? | pay off fine in plantation; portion of states resurrecting slavery; RADICALS HATE JOHNSON BC HE MAKES BLACK PPL WORK OF DEBT. RR"S HATE SAVERY |
| New orleans mechanics riot. year? what started this? | july 1866; let former C leaders hold office in congress. raced riot |
| what did J do about the NO riot? why? | nothing. bc he's trying to let ex-C reestablish white majority rule int he south. |
| NO riot. WHY?? | slalves aren't gonna let whites put them back in slavery. so they will fight. |
| why were northerners mad that J was letting ex-c's back into congress? | they don't know how loyal these ppl are! they just rebelled against US and now he's senator?? |
| example of ex-c begin let into congresss? | senator Alexander Stephens (GA)- for me VP of the Confederate States of America. ----totally against union and now the senator??? |
| mid term elections of 1866. who's up for reelection in house? senate? | 100% ; 1/3 |
| mid term elections... what is the north trying to tell president? outcome of elections? | That they don't agree with whats going down. Republicans has a 2/3 majority vote in EACH HOUSE! 2/3 majority has power to overturn veto!!!! |
| Military Reconstruction Bill. years? purpose? | 1867; recon. south through military!; president vetoes this and its OVERTURNED by house and senate! |
| "reconstruction amendments" (3) years? | 13th (1865)- freedom. only voluntary slaves; 14th (1867)- citizenship to all; 15th (1870)- citizens right to vote |
| Tenure of office. year? who? | 1867; edwin stanton |
| consent of state? | only fire womeone with congress permission |
| Edwin stanton | J tried to get rid of him bc he was a radical. give all the insights to congress. Congress said J couldn't fire him! BUt he did anyway!!! Congress impeached J bc of this! |
| impeachment- meaning? | enough evidence to go on trial. |
| impeachment of johnson. year? | 1868 |
| if congress convicted him and threw him out of office, who would be president? VP? | no VP. President Pro Tempro = Benjamiin Wade! |
| Benjamin Wade. who was he? | PResident pro tempro. RR! radicals see it as a chance to get their wayy! |
| Was J convicted? details! | no! 1 vote away! so now he is the lame duck president! |
| Revenge for Johnson? what can he do? | He can pardon! CHristmas day pardons in 1868! Give press pardons to all ex-c! revenge onRR bc they hated ex-c's! SO now rdicals cant put them up on trials!congresss cant do anythign about it! |
| carpetbaggers, scalawags, and freemen? supported by whom? | C= northerners who moved down south; PRo union southerners; former slaves; ALL supported by the military! |
| who is controlling the shots during congressional reconstruction? | C, S and F |
| Rise of the KKK? who were they? | Ku Klux Klan were ec-c who forced ppl to vote the way they wanted to vote bc they didn't have the right to vote.very effective! targets C,S and F |
| who were the redeemers? | White majority rule over the KKK; accepted suffrage of black males.... the needed to accept the rights of blacks so they could end reconstruction |
| all but 3 states redeemed. year? who? why? | 1876; la, fla, sc; still resisting demands of RR |
| who was a great general, horrible president? | ulysess grant |
| Corruption of the grant administration? 3 examples? | Worst of any president. 1. Fische and Gold scheme. turns brother in law against him; Credit mobilier- grants 1st VP had to step down over this; Whisky Ring- took down grants personal secretary |
| result of Grants corruption? who | Liberal republicans- fed up with reconstruction and corruption, quit voting and going with mainstream reps, but still reps! |
| Panic of 1873. what goes down? | Shows something shifting in the economy! 14% unemployed. 1st panic in us history not about cotton prices. Caused by Railroad speculation Bust. |
| what cause the panic of '73? | Railroad Speculation Bust (nobody bought stick so it busted) |
| Railroad before civil war, and after? why? | B= 30K miles in 1861; A=50K miles in 1873 |
| Election of 1876. who? How many states are redeemed byt then? | Samuel Tilden vs Rutherford Hayes. 8 states |
| samuel tilden known for? | democrats. Tweed ring (worst cause of corruption); he busted the ring and fought against it. |
| rutherford hayes | republican; evoke emotion; everyone hating Reps bc theyre in charge of reconstruction and corruption; "bloody shirt" saying democrats started warw so don't vote for them. |
| Deadlock. what goes down? | Tilden is one electoral vote away for winning. T= 184 electoral votes Hayes = 166 electoral votes needs 19 more to win |
| What happens with the 3 states voting in the deadlock of hayes and tilden? | Conflicting votes in la, sc, and fla = 19 votes (last 3 states under reconstruction) Democrats Let republicans have votes on one condition. END RECONSTRUCTION IN STATES; pull the soldiers out. |
| Compromise of 1877 | S democrats and hayes cut a deal. Hayes gets the votes bc they want reps in office and so they'll end it for that reason Hayes pull soldiers out of La, SC, FLA. |
| Reconstruction ended. name for south? | "solid south" until 1972. Be very rare that the south will have a republican voted from south until 1972 |
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