Standard 3 - Review of Concepts for Brainscape COPY Flashcards

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What did the Supreme Court decide in the Dredd Scott decision?

A

That slaves were PROPERTY - not citizens (So Dredd Scott couldn’t even sue for his freedom)

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What was the intent of the Kansas-Nebraska Act?

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To allow Kansas & Nebraska to vote to decide if they would be free or slave states

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3
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When did the Civil War take place?

A

1861-1865

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4
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When did Reconstruction take place?

A

1865-1877

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What event led to SC’s secession from the Union?

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Abraham Lincoln being elected to the presidency

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What belief drove John Brown?

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That slavery was evil and should be ended by any means necessary

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What major advantages did the Union have at the beginning of the Civil War?

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More people, a strong navy, more railroad & telegraph cable, etc.

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What major advantages did the Confederacy have at the beginning of the Civil War?

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Better generals, wiser use of the Railroad (at the beginning), King Cotton, etc.

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The Confederacy is another name for the?

A

South

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The Union is another name for?

A

The North

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Why was the Battle of Bull Run significant?

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The north thought they would easily win the battle & the war. When they lost, they realized that the war would be much more difficult than they thought.

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12
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Sherman’s March to the Sea went from ___________ to ____________

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Atlanta to Savannah

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13
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Which state was the first to secede from the Union?

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South Carolina

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What were the main purposes of the Emancipation Proclamation?

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To encourage Southern states to return to the Union, to keep England from supporting the Confederacy, to keep northern states that still had slaves from joining the South, and to allow AA’s to join the union armies

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15
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What battle allowed the Union to control the Mississippi River?

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Vicksburg

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16
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What northern group was angry with Andrew Johnson for not being harsher with the South during Reconstruction?

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The Radical Republicans

17
Q

How did the South try to hold on to their way of life during Reconstruction?

A

By passing the Black Codes, Jim Crow Laws, poll taxes, and literacy tests to keep African Americans out of southern white society