short answer Flashcards
(44 cards)
what are the 4 important border states that both the Union and Confederacy wanted. what state did they each join?
1) Delaware (c)
2) Maryland (c)
3) Kentucky (u)
4) Missouri(c)
what important thing did David Farragut accomplish for the union in the spring of 1862? why is it significant?
he captures new Orleans
- it was a heavy blow to the south
what are the two reasons that Lincoln is hesitant to emancipate the enslaves ppl throughout the US
1) did not believe he had the power under the constitution to abolish slavery where it already existed
2) didn’t want to anger the 4 slave states that remained
what did the emancipation proclamation declare? what did it actually do? what did it fail to do?
1) free all slaves in confederate territory
2) tremendous public impact
3)freed very few slaves
how does the emancipation proclamation change the focus of the war for the union
LIBERatiON
it was symbolic
what is the term defined as “ northern democrats who favored peace with the south”
copperheads
what is the definition of “laws of conscription”
the draft
what is the definition of a bounty
cash payments to men who volunteered to serve
what is the definition of inflation
an increase in price & decrease in the value of money
what is the definition of an income tax
tax on earnings
what is total warfare
war that is not only against enemy troops, but against everything that supports them
who was put onto Lincolns ticket to help win support of the border states
Andrew Johnson
who was the leader of the radical republicans
Thadius stevens
what is a scalawag
southerners who went along with radical reconstruction
what is a carpet bagger
white northerners who had rushed to the south after the war
what did the tenure of office act do
prohibited the president from firing gov. officials without senate approval
who is Edwin Stanton
secretary of war
what are the six parts of the compromise of 1877
1) take troops from south
2) hayes become president
3) appoint democrat to his cabinet
4) military units are removed in south
5) land grants given for reconstruction
6) they have to promise and respect black peoples right
What is the triple entente?
Russia formed alliances with France and Great Britain
What are the FOUR causes of World War I?
Imperialism, nationalism, militarism, and alliances
Remember: Iman
Who advises the German government to seek peace after some major defeats at the hand of the Allied powers?
general Erich Ludendorff
Name the SIX advances in technology/weaponry that made the death toll of World War I increase immensely?
1) tanks
2) machine guns
3) barbed wire
4) poison gas
5) airplanes
6) submarines
How would looking at the American Civil War have given European countries an accurate picture of what World War I would look like?
similar problems
1) old tactics
2) modern and more efficient weapons
3) increased killing ability
4) war was coming - high cost and lasted for much longer than expected
What is urbanization?
growth of cities
