Period 5

Question 1

why did the irish not want to fight in the civil war

Answer 1

they didn’t want black people to take their jobs as iindustry workers

Question 2

what was the civil known for besides slavery

Answer 2

rich mans war and poor mans fight

Question 3

what was the type of war the civil war was

Answer 3

war of attrition, which is who can last the longest on resources

Question 4

what happend to black union soldiers who surrended to the confenderacy

Answer 4

they were killed or given back to their slave owners

Question 5

why was lincoln a great president

Answer 5

becuase he didn’t hold grudges and put the best people in charge

Question 6

why was jefferson davis a bad confederate president

Answer 6

he only relied on himself

Question 7

what was the clement vallandigham result

Answer 7

he spoke out against the war, not even taking action and was put into jail witout a trial because of the suspension of the writ of habeas corpus

Question 8

Battle of Ghettsyburg

Answer 8

1863, the Battle of Gettysburg was a turning point in the Civil War, where Union forces Confederate forces led by General Robert E. Lee. This Union victory halted Lee’s invasion of the North and led to significant Confederate casualties.

Question 9

Battle of Antietam

Answer 9

the Battle of Antietam was the bloodiest single day of combat in American history, ending in a strategic Union victory. This battle gave President Abraham Lincoln the confidence to issue the Emancipation Proclamation.

Question 10

Who was the confederate president

Answer 10

Jefferson Davis

Question 11

What did the north do that helped win the south

Answer 11

They set up a blockade of ironclads boats called the Virginia to squeeze the “anaconda” plan

Question 12

Who were the two commanders that guided the north during the civil war and who was better wand why

Answer 12

Ulysses Grant was the more cut throat and better commander bc he took chances while

McClellan was the bad commander who was always worried about resources

Question 13

What ere the 5 formal steps of the abolition

Answer 13

The consfication acts
Slaves are freed in DC
Consfication acts #2
Emancipation proclamation official freeing of all slaves in confederacy
13th ammendment

Question 14

Wxplain the Gettysburg battle

Answer 14

It was pickets charge planned by Robert e Lee who rushed into the battle and lost many casualties in the confederacy , a big mistake

Question 15

What destroyed the south’s moral

Answer 15

Sherman’s march to the sea destroying railroads and burning crops all along the south

Question 16

What was the Freedmens Bureau and when

Answer 16

Helped feed, clothe, nurse, and educate former slaves

1865

Question 17

What was president lincolns philosphy and his law towards allowing confederate states to be re-admitted

Answer 17

Lincoln had a more lenient apprach where the 10% plan alllowed 10% of voters pledge abolishment of slavery so that suffrage could be extended to black people and confederacy states could come in

Question 18

What were the radical republicans, who was the leader, and their law towards allowing confederate states to be re-admitted

Answer 18

They had a more harsh idealogy, where they would disenfranchise many whites and confiscate property. 50% had to pledge loyality and extend suffrage to blacks. Lead by Charles Sumner

Question 19

When was lincoln assasinated and who took over, for how long?

Answer 19

Lincoln was assassinated in 1865 where Andrew Johnson took over for two more years

Question 20

Why did radical republicans not like andrew Johnson

Answer 20

Johnson did not support the 14th ammendment and he gave ill hearted speaches about the republicans, blaming them for the sparked violence, while drunk

Question 21

What caused majority of northerners to turn to radical republicanism

Answer 21

After John Wilkes Booth shot Abraham Lincoln they saw it as a scheme from the south to destroy democracy

Question 22

How did freedmans lives improve from radical reconstruction (ammendments)

Answer 22

They were now prohibited from being slaves (13th ammendment) allowed to vote from the 15th ammendment and received all civil rights from the 14 amendment

Question 23

How did freedmans lives decrease or stay the same?

Answer 23

The land was distributed, but taxes and funds were high and agriculture in the south was decreasing, this introduces the crop lien system where agricultural stores raised their interest and land owners were forces to pay collateral in crops, because of the decrease in soil it caused an endless debt from black and white landownders

Question 24

what are ways the south pressured blacks to not vote or vote one way in 1880s

Answer 24

they created the KKK which threatened blacks with violence, lynching. They also passed a vote tax and literacy laws before you could vote

Question 25

Explain the compromise of 1877 and the promises

Answer 25

Rutherford, the republican candidate, would become president IF the union army would back out of the southern states and there would be no political interference about racial laws in the south.

Question 26

why was a second reconstruction of america needed and what facilitated/supported the people fighting?

Answer 26

a second reconstruction was nescecary because the court had abolished slavery, but not the ideology of white supremacy, foreshadowing the support of the 14 and 15 amendment in the civil rights movement

Question 27

what happned to most whites coming back from the war

Answer 27

they had to sharecrop their land, working their own lands to gain food and rent to live there

Question 28

Blacks should focus on self improvement, like and education, before political rights in order to be respected by whites

Answer 28

Atlanta compromise

Question 29

what were the laws establishing segregation, what was the extremity of them, and when were they established

Answer 29

Jim Crow laws were established in 1870 and lasted through 1970 and showed that blacks would be segregated in every part of life, even denied rights like medical care. They could even lynch blacks which wasn't considered a federal crime until 2022

Question 30

Was plessy vs fegurson before or after the compromise of 1877? When was the case declared?

Answer 30

after, in 1891

Question 31

when was the kansas nebraska act and what party sparked the proxy war there?

Answer 31

The republican party was born through the proxy war in 1854.

Question 32

What was the meeting called where women started to write the declaration of sentiments

Answer 32

the seneca falls convention

Question 33

What were the factories called where low class women worked

Answer 33

Lowell Mills

Question 34

What is the cult of domesticity

Answer 34

domestic roles for women appeared because of industry roles men took causing women to become caretakers

Question 35

What did the compromise of 1850 declare

Answer 35

California will be admitted as free state and the fugitive slave act was passed

Question 36

What governmental action caused people to move to the west

Answer 36

The homestead acts, to give 160 acres to each person who cultivates the land there, and the passive railroads.