How did African Americans in the NORTH support war effort?

After Militia Act, fought for Union army

North vs. South: Size of population

North's population larger than South's

North vs. South: How did the south try to compensate for its disadvantages?

approached foreign governments for aid

Outcome of Johnson impeachment proceedings

House impeached but Senate failed to remove

Key problem of sharecropping system

Landowners could lie to keep sharecropper in debt

Northern support for Reconstruction fades because

costs of military operations in the South was worrisome

One major success of Reconstruction

tax-supported public school system

Key feature of President Johnson's Reconstruction plan

pardoning wealthy landowners and Confederate leaders

How did Civil War affect states' rights?

Firmly established supremacy of federal gov't over states

North vs. South: One geographic advantage South had over North

South was fighting in it's own territory

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Civil War and Reconstruction Review

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1
Southern politicians who united white southerners to regain power in Congress
carpetbaggers
Radical Republicans
Redeemers
scalawags
2
North vs. South: largest advantage North had over South
Fighting a defensive battle
Stronger military leaders
Industrial economy
Highly committed troops
3
How did African Americans in the NORTH support war effort?
Fought for Confederacy
After Militia Act, fought for Union army
Spied on Union troops for Confederacy
Forbidden by law from supporting war on either side
4
During the war, the South's economy
declines, then grows
improves
deteriorates
stays the same
5
North vs. South: Size of population
Populations were the same in North and South.
No data on population of North or South.
South's population larger than North's
North's population larger than South's
6
North vs. South: How did the south try to compensate for its disadvantages?
approached foreign governments for aid
military leaders devised Anaconda plan to end war quickly
South quickly began building factories and railroad lines
Confederate troops remained in own territory at all times
7
Port on Gulf of Mexico captured early by North
Richmond
New Orleans
Charleston
Shiloh
8
Northerners who moved south to improve their economic or political situation
Redeemers
tenant farmers
carpetbaggers
scalawags
9
How did African Americans in the SOUTH support Union forces?
burned crops and livestock
rebelled against slave owners
served as spies and scouts
fleeing to the cities
10
Outcome of Johnson impeachment proceedings
Secretary of War is fired
Johnson removed, Grant becomes President
House impeached but Senate failed to remove
House voted not to impeach
11
Key problem of sharecropping system
Cotton no longer profitable
Sharecroppers had to buy own supplies
Had to pay landowners cash as well as shares of crop
Landowners could lie to keep sharecropper in debt
12
What battle is "turning point" in Civil War?
Antietam
Gettysburg
Shiloh
Bull Run
13
Northern support for Reconstruction fades because
Goals had been met
Freedmen's Bureau had failed
costs of military operations in the South was worrisome
Lincoln was assassinated
14
One major success of Reconstruction
tax-supported public school system
protection of African American rights
suffrage for women
shift in power toward federal government
15
Use of force or coercion to prevent citizens from voting is a federal crime
Enforcement Acts
Jim Crow Laws
Black Codes
Fourteenth Amendment
16
North vs. South: which side had harder time rebuilding?
North
South
17
White southerners who supported Republican Party during Reconstruction
sharecroppers
scalawags
Redeemers
carpetbaggers
18
Key feature of President Johnson's Reconstruction plan
pardoning wealthy landowners and Confederate leaders
state legislatures to submit to federal regulations
break up Southern plantations into smaller farms
states to grant African American suffrage
19
State and local laws that enforced racial segregation in the South
Enforcement Acts
black codes
Fourteenth Amendment
Jim Crow laws
20
Most independent farming arrangement for both parties
tenant farming
share-tenancy
share-cropping
co-farming
21
General Grant's strategy for crushing Confederacy after Gettysburg?
surprise attack
siege
blockade
total war
22
Before Emancipation Proclamation, Union Generals treated captured slaves as
soldiers
freedmen
contraband
spies
23
How did Civil War affect states' rights?
Firmly established supremacy of federal gov't over states
balance of power remains unchanged
states gained more power
states lost all right of self-determinism
24
Lincoln's goal for Reconstruction
punish the South
unify the nation
redistribute Southern land and wealth
grant former slaves full citizenship
25
North vs. South: One geographic advantage South had over North
North had no map-making industry
Hot southern climate made northerners uncomfortable
South was fighting in it's own territory
South had more waterways for Navy

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