Unit 11-12 The Civil War

Question 1

The last Confederate stronghold left on the banks of the Mississippi River. final blow for the Confederate Army

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Siege of Vicksburg

Question 2

After Lincoln's assassination, he became president of the United States. A southerner was not trusted, and he was _____.

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Impeaching Controversy of Andrew Johnson

Question 3

Rigid system of segregation in the South;a system of poll taxes, literacy tests, etc to prevent them from participating

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Jim Crow Laws

Question 4

Had home field advantage.; Had the majority of seasoned/trained fighting soldiers and leaders; Had valuable cotton

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Confederate advantages

Question 5

African American males that were previously enslaved but were now free.

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Freedmen

Question 6

Union strategy to create a blockade of all southern ports choking the south of their needed war supplies.

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Anaconda plan

Question 7

General McClellan replaced Mc Dowell, fought on Union soil. Costly for both sides, Lee forced to retreat.

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Battle of Antietam

Question 8

federal law that to restrict the power of the pres. to remove certain office-holders without the approval of the Senate

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Tenure of Office Act

Question 9

Union Army of the Potomac during the American Civil War, rising from corporal to colonel wrote an illustrative diary

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Elisha Hunt Rhodes

Question 10

Northerners in the South during Reconstruction who took advantage of economic opportunities to open businesses.

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Carpetbaggers

Question 11

4/12/61 Charleston SC; Confederate troops surronded, commander refused surrender. South wins "first battle" of the war.

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Ft Sumter

Question 12

Southwest TN. General Grant moved down from Kentucky to gain control of the Mississippi. Union won railroads as well.

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Battle of Shiloh

Question 13

Self-sufficient; Had a far larger population/army; Had the majority of war ships; better transportation systems

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Union advantages

Question 14

By John Wilkes Booth in Ford Theatre on April 14, 1865

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Assassination of Lincoln

Question 15

an unwritten agreement to put Hayes in office if the Republicans promised to remove all troops from the south.

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Compromise of 1877

Question 16

a regiment of volunteer African American soldiers in the Union Army, they are remembered for their bravery in danger.

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The Massachusetts 54th Regiment

Question 17

Occurred just southwest of Chattanooga, Tennessee. A victory for the Union, Gave control of the railroads and TN river

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The Gettysburg Address, Battle of Lookout Mountain

Question 18

said that no one could be denied the vote, not for race, color, or past servitude

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15th Amendment

Question 19

an agency established by the federal government in 1865 to provide emergency relief to former slaves.

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Freedmen’s Bureau

Question 20

a southern-born veteran of the War of 1812 and was a notorious sailor. known for his victory at the Battle of Mobile Bay

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David Farragut

Question 21

a white Southerner who collaborated with northern Republicans during Reconstruction, often for personal profit.

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Scalawags

Question 22

southern commander made the southern lines stand firm during Bull Run. Formidable foe for the Union Army.

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Stonewall Jackson

Question 23

Resulted in the outlawing of slavery in Tennessee. Gave universal voting rights to all male citizens.

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1870 Tennessee Constitutional Convention

Question 24

Ulysses S. Grant

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successful leader and general of the Union Army during the Civil War.

Question 25

gave all ethnicities citizenship.

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14th Amendment

Question 26

Jefferson Davis

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the President of the Confederate States of America

Question 27

barred slavery and involuntary servitude.

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13th Amendment

Question 28

Tennessean, a slave trader, officer for the Confederate Army during the Civil War. First Grand Wizard of the KKK

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Nathan Bedford Forrest

Question 29

adjustment that called for 50% of registered voters to pledge allegiance to the Union before a they could be readmitted

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Wade Davis bill

Question 30

First Union General McDowell sent his troops to Manassas and lost the railroad. First major battle of the Civil War

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First Battle of Bull Run

Question 31

stated that states would be eintegrated when 10% of registered voters vowed allegiance to the Union

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The Ten Percent Plan

Question 32

Confederate soldier that wrote about life as a soldier and journaled his experiences. Mainly fought in Tennessee battles

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Sam Watkins

Question 33

Outspoken against TN succession, became governor and helped TN become the 1st state to rejoin the union.

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William Brownlow

Question 34

Lincoln-R vs Douglas-D vs Breckenridge-D (feat John Bell) Lincoln won, South seceded, started the civil war.

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Election of 1860

Question 35

passed by Abraham Lincoln, signed in 1863, this document freed all slaves in Confederate States.

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Emancipation Proclamation

Question 36

Last major Civil War battle was fought in TN (Nov 1864)Union stopped Confederate attempts to regain control of Middle TN

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The Gettysburg Address, Battle of Franklin

Question 37

Abraham Lincoln

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16th President of the U.S. during the years our country was in Civil War

Question 38

created a rigid system of segregation in the South. Included poll taxes, literacy tests, and grandfather clauses

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Jim Crow Laws

Question 39

WT Sherman led; was the Union's attempt of Civil War. Atlanta to East, burning everything along the way.

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Sherman's March to sea

Question 40

Nashville was the first Confederate capital to be captured after this battle, involved these troops

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The Gettysburg Address, Battle of Nashville/The Thirteenth U.S. Colored Troops

Question 41

Robert E. Lee

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Leader/general of the Confederate Army during the Civil War.

Question 42

General Lee sent all his men to Pennsylvania, bloodiest day of the war. Lee had to retreat, the beginning of the end.

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Battle of Gettysburg

Question 43

racist hate group formed in Tennessee by Nathan Bedford Forrest to prevent African Americans from having rights.

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Klu Klux Klan

Question 44

1863, Abraham Lincoln gave one of the most famous speeches in U.S. history

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The Gettysburg Address

Question 45

called for 50% of southern voters to pledge allegiance to the Union before a state could be readmitted

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Wade Davis Bill

Question 46

s the place at which General Lee surrendered in loose terms to General Grant, effectively ending the Civil War.

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Appomattox Court House

Unit 11-12 The Civil War

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Unit 11-12 The Civil War

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