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Antwbellum/Civil War/Reconstruction Flashcards

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In what case/ year was the line that determined which states would be slave states or not was named unconstitutional?

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Dred Scott Case in 1857

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Where did the emancipation proclamation free slaves?

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Only in rebelling states in the civil war. Not in Missouri or Kentucky which were slave states in the union.

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What was fought because each side wanted to control the railroads at Chattanooga, The Union was temporarily pushed back and The Confederate commander did not follow up his victory?

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Battle of Chickamauga

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What was The bloodiest battle and the bloodiest day in American history was and who won?

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Battle of Antietam and draw but slight Union victory

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Whose election led Southern states to consider secession?

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Lincoln’s

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What was the confederate strategy where The South believed Great Britain and France would fight the North to receive Southern cotton?

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King cotton diplomacy

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What decision led southerners to believe that the issue of slavery in the territories was settle and Congress could not limit slavery in the territories?

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Dred Scott decision

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What was the turning point in the war?

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Battle of Gettysburg in Pennsylvania

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What was the civil war against?

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Union(north) VS Confederate (south)

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What made southern states consider to secede?

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Lincoln’s election

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Who argued that Georgia should not secede from the Union and said Georgia should not go against the Constitution and should accept Lincoln’s election and Therefore, he was a strange choice for Vice-President of the Confederacy?

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Alexander Stephens

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Who was the president of the confederacy?

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Jefferson Davis

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What Compromise added Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state and Missouri’s southern boundary was extended into the Louisiana Territory and Above the line slavery was not allowed?

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Missouri compromise

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Who was the first state to secede?

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South Carolina

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In what did the North received California as a free state and the South received the Fugitive Slave Law?

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Compromise of 1850

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Who received votes only from the North, but still won the 1860 presidential election?

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Abraham Lincoln

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Why does the south secede?

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Lincoln’s election

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What is the belief that southern states had the right to nullify (make invalid, not follow) any federal law they thought was unconstitutional?

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Nullification

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What was the prison where Thousands of Union prisoners died and the commander of the prison was executed at the end of the war?

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Andersonville in GA(confederate prison)

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What is the belief that one region is superior to another?

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Sectionalism

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What was the union strategy where a key part of this the plan was the blockading of Southern ports And blockade caused a shortage of goods and higher prices?

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Anaconda plan

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What used popular sovereignty to decide the slavery issue in the territories and where Residents were allowed to vote to decide if Kansas would be a free or slave state?

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Kansas-Nebraska Act

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Who was the south’s leading general and the north’s?

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Robert E. Lee and Ulysses S. Grant

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What is The best and most important part of the Missouri Compromise?

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It maintained the balance between slave and free states.

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In what decision were slaves classified as property without human right and when The Supreme Court disappointed abolitionists by ruling that slaves were not citizens?

A

Dred Scott Decision

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What was known as the Heart of the Confederacy in the Civil War because it provided supplies (food, ammunition, etc.) for the Confederate war effort?

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Georgia

26
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Who believed that states should have the power to decide issues such as slavery?

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The south

27
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Who won with only votes from the north but still won the 1869 election?

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Abraham Lincoln

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Who led the Union Army in its capture of Atlanta. Much of the city would be burned by the Union Army before it left for its “March to the Sea” which also helped get Lincoln reelected?

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General Sherman

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Who demoralized Georgia in his “March to the Sea”, he wanted to end civilian support for the war and Railroads, crops, supplies and homes were burned by Union soldiers?

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General Sherman

30
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When does the civil war begin?

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The Civil War begins with the Confederate attack on Ft. Sumter, South Carolina.

31
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What was Lincoln’s famous speech and what did it state?

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Gettysburg Address, “all men are created equal”

32
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The power of state governments over that of the national government is known as what?

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States’ rights

33
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Who tried and what was the attempt to gain support among Georgians for the Compromise of 1850?

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by Georgia politicians(Robert Toombs, Alexander Stephens and Howell Cobb) and it was called the Georgia Platform

34
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What made the transition to freedom easier for former slaves and It provided an education, clothing, food and a fresh start to freedmen?

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Freedman’s Bureau

35
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What sharecroppers own?

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Nothing but their labor

36
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What did tenant own?m

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Animals and equipment to work on the owner’s land

37
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What sharecroppers remain in?

A

Poor and debt

38
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Who wanted to punish the south?

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Radical Republicans

39
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Who’s plan and what plan was harsh on the south?

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Radical Republicans, congressional reconstruction

40
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What viewed the South as conquered territory and the treatment of freedmen was monitored by Congress?

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Congressional reconstruction

41
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Who did not want to punish the south for the civil war and wanted to rejoin the union quickly and easily?

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Presidents Lincoln and Johnson

42
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What amendment ends slavery?

A

13th amendment

43
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What amendment provides equal protection to all citizens under law and was a response to black codes?

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14th amendment

44
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What amendment allowed black men to vote?

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15th amendment

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Who was one of the first African Americans elected for the Georgia General Assembly?

A

Henry McNeal Turner

46
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Who occupied Georgia in 1869 according to the Georgia Act because Black legislators such as Henry McNeal Turner had been removed from office and the Ku Klux Klan had been preventing blacks from voting?

A

The military

47
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What was the secret white supremacy organization that tried to deny freedmen their civil rights?

A

Ku Klux Klan

48
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Who had plenty of cotton and cheap labor to develop a textile industry?

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Georgia

49
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Who was the Creek leader in the Oconee War between the Creek and the Georgia pioneers and He signed the Treaty of New York giving up all Creek land east of the Oconee River?

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Alexander McGillivray

50
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Who was a Creek chief, he was murdered by Red Stick Creeks because he signed the Treaty of Indian Springs giving up the last Creek lands in Georgia to the federal government?

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William McIntosh

51
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What took place when Georgia’s governor and some legislators were bribed to sell public land to land companies at low prices and Georgia had to cede (give up) all land west of the Chattahoochee River (future states of Alabama and Mississippi) because the Federal government had to pay millions of dollars to settle land claims in the Yazoo case?

A

Yazoo Land Fraud

52
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What Chief Justice of the Supreme Court ruled in Worcester v. Georgia that Georgia laws did not apply to the Cherokee, but President Andrew refused to enforce the Supreme Court decision?

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John Marshall

53
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Who ratified the Constitution because slavery was protected, the Bill of Rights was added, and the state needed a strong national government for protection from the Creek Indians?

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Georgia

54
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What were the country’s first attempt at a constitution?

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Articles of Confederation

55
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What guarantees our basic rights and freedoms?

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Bill of rights

56
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Who directly chooses the president in our system?

A

Electoral College

57
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The governor vetoing a bill the General Assembly has passed is an example of what?

A

Checks and balances

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