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Who takes over as commander and makes sure his soldiers are always trying their best, he is strict, implements total war, he over sees the surrender

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Grant

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Who led the Union in Sherman’s March to Sea, captured Atlanta

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Sherman

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Who is Lee’s second in command, he sends his troops up hill in waves, he looses

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Longstreet

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Who was the president of the CSA

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Jefferson Davis

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Who was late to the battle of Gettysburg, he was a Calvary Man, was told to find out where the Union men were coming from instead he raided a town and did not tell Lee where he was going

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J.E.B. Stuart

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Who won the first battle of Bull run?

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Confederacy

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What was the significance of the battle of bull run?

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Everyone thought it would be a quick and speedy war, but this battle proved it would be long and dreadful

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Who was the winner of the battle of Anteitam?

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Inconclusive but Lincoln told the union that the win went to them

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What document was released at the result of the battle of Anteitam?

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Emancipation Proclaimation

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What formation did the Union hold at Gettysburg by day 2?

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Fishhook formation

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What main event happened on the second day of Gettysburg?

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The battle of Little Round Top

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Who won on the second day of Gettysburg during the battle of little round top?

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Union wins the bayonet charge

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What main event happened on the 3rd day of Gettysburg?

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Pickets charge

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Who won pickets charge, why?

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Union because the confederates over fired and missed the union line

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Who won Vicksburg?

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Union

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What is a siege?

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A miny blockade, a surrounding around an area and waiting until the enemy gives up

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How long did the siege of Vicksburg last?

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47 days

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Vicksburg and what other event made up the turning point of the civil war?

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Gettysburg

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Which event led to the secession of southern states from the Union?

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Abe wins the election of 1860

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Which invention promoted more cotton production in the south

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The cotton gin

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Did the cotton gin increase or decrease the need for slaves?

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Increase

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How did the emancipation proclamation change the reason for union soldiers to fight?

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It boosted the union moral, shifting from preserving the union to freeing the slaves

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At what event was the Gettysburg address given?

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Dedication of the National Cemetery

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Who won the election of 1864?

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Lincoln

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How did Lincoln win the election?
He had a democratic running mate and Sherman captures Atlanta
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Who were the two African Americans who were voted into senate for the first time, they were from Mississippi?
Hiram Revels and Blanche Bruce
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Who were the leaders of the radical republicans
Thaddeus Stevens and Charles Sumner
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Was the wade Davis bill or the 10% plan more generous?
10% plan
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Who wanted to reduce power of wealthy senators and give African Americans the right to vote; extremist, political party that dominated the reconstruction era?
Radical republicans
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What provided aid to freedman including food, clothing, and setting up school?
Freedman's Bureau
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Was a candidate in the 1876 election and won?
Rutherford B. Hayes
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What political party was Rutherford B. Hayes?
Republican
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Ran for president in the election of 1876 did not win?
Samuel Tilden
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What political part was Samuel Tilden
Democrat
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Who were men sent to the south for political or financial gain
Carpetbaggers
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Who were southerners who aggreed with the north, wanted power and influence, supported reconstruction
Scalawags
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For both the 10% plan and the wade Davis bill which amendment needed to be ratified before a confederate state could re-join the union?
13th
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What process or sharing land to freedman did sharecropping tonight?
40 acres and a mule
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What laws created by the Radical Republicans served as the ancestor for the 14th amendment?
Civil Rights Act of 1866
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What are black codes?
Laws created in southern states, told free slaves what they could and couldn't do, segregation
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Did Blackcodes stay in effect throughout the whole course of reconstruction?
No
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What amendment did black codes try to work around?
13th
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What are Jim Crow laws?
Sate laws created in the south enforcing segregation based on life, technically equal- FAIR IS NOT ALWAYS EQUAL
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What amendment did the Jim Crow laws try to work around?
14th
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What amendment did literacy tests, grandfather clause, and poll taxes like to work around?
15th
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Who was targeted in the grandfather clause, literacy tests, and poll taxes?
Freedmen, however in somethings poor and uneducated whites were also targeted
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What is the grandfather clause?
If you, your father, or your grandfather was able able to vote before 1876 then you bypass all other laws
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Who was in charge during presidential reconstruction?
Andrew Johnson
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Who was in charge during congressional reconstruction?
Radical Republicans
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Which phase in reconstruction completed more?
Congressional
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Which phase in reconstruction lasted longer?
Congressional
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What does impeachment mean?
The attempt or process to remove a leader; trial
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What was the final verdict of the impeachment?
Not guilty
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How did the results of Johnsons impeachment impact the radical republicans
The radical republicans start to loose their power
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Why did congress have to come up with a compromise in the election
Neither candidate reached the electoral vote; 20 disputed votes
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What was promised to the losing party in the compromise of 1877?
``` Reconstruction had to come to an end: soldiers leave the south Put a democrat in the presidential cabinet Create laws to promote industry Put democrat in congress ```
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What countries were the first to begin the exploration movement in Europe?
Portugal and Spain
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What is the triangle trade? Give examples of products that came from each.
Sugar, molasses, rice, cotton, tobacco went from ______ to England, cloth, iron, guns went from ______ to west Africa and slaves went from ______ to the Americas
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Who is Abraham Lincoln?
President of the USA, released the emancipation proclamation, gave Gettysburg address, served 2 terms won the election of 1060 and 1864 ended war in victory, was assassinated, 10% plan
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Who is Col. Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain?
Comes up with bayonet charge during the battle at little round top, professor
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Who is Gen. George McClellan?
Lincoln fired him as general, became Lincolnshire opponent in the election of 1864 , lost at Antietam, was afraid to kill her own friends
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Who is John Wilkes Booth?
Lincoln's assassin
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Who is Gen. Robert E. Lee?
Commanding general of confederate army, surrendered to Grant, lost at Gettysburg, was the pride of the confederacy, against slavery but from Virginia
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Who won the battle of Gettysburg?
Union
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Who won day 1 of Gettysburg?
Confederates
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What river was claimed by the winners after the siege of Vicksburg ended?
Mississippi
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What three states were separated from the rest of the confederacy after the siege of Vicksbrug?
Texas, Louisianna, Arkansas
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Which book published prior to the Civil War created major controversy in the North and south?
Uncle Tom's Cabin
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What event led to the official declaration of war, causing the Civil war to officially begin in April 1861?
Attack on Fort Sumter
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Who used the Anaconda plan during the war?
Union
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Who played defense during the war?
Confederates
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Who used total war during the war?
Union
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Is the emancipation Proclaimation a document or a speech?
Document
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Who created the emancipation Proclaimation?
Lincoln
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What was the intention of the emancipation Proclaimation
It was supposed to release the slaves
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Was the emancipation Proclaimation successful. Why or why not?
No because Lincoln thought he had control over the confederacy but he didn't so they didn't listen
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Who delivered the Gettysburg address?
Lincoln
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Who dominated during Sherman's March to Sea?
Union
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Where did Sherman's March start and end?
Started: Atlanta Georgia, ended: savannah Gerogia
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Who created total war?
Grant
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Who were the candidates in to election of 1864?
Lincoln- Republican | McClellan- Democratic
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Who was lincolns running mate and what party was he
Andrew Johnson, democrat
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Who surrendered?
Lee
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What Union Gen. oversaw the surrender
Grant
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What were the conditions of the surrender?
The confederate soldiers were required to turn in all weapons and promise not to rebel Officers could keep their side arms Confederate soldiers kept horses to use whenever they were going to return home Confederate soldiers were given food become so many troops were hungry Confederate soldiers were not arrested or punished for serving in the confederacy, they were promised a quick and safe return home
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When and where was Lincoln assassinated?
April 14th, Fords Theatre
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Who replaced Lincoln as president after he died?
Andrew Johnson
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What did the infantry, Calvary and Artiliery do specifically?
Infantry- foot soldiers, used for movement on the battle field Calvary- on horse, the eyes and ears of the battle field Artillery- worked the cannons for long range attacks
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What does "A cloudy day brings rain" stand for
``` Army Corps Division Brigade Regiment ```
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Who was Andrew Johnson?
Led presidential reconstruction followed most of the 10% plan, went to impeachment
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Who is the Ku Klan Klux?
A group who hated African Americans and tortured them and anyone who supported them
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Who created the 10% plan?
Lincoln
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What group created the Wade Davis Bill?
Radical Republicans
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What is sharecropping?
Labor process managed between the planters and freedmen
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Did sharecropping leave a positive or negative impact on freedmen? How?
Negative because eventually they were unable pay and keep the land
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What did the 13th amendment do?
Abolished slavery
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What did the 14th amendment do?
U.S.-born are citizens, citizens have rights, rights are to be protected. (not women)
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What did the 15th amendment do?
"all" citizens have the right to vote.
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What law did Johnson violate that was the cause of the impeachment?
Tenture of office act, fired Edward Stanton
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Who were the two main candidates in the election of 1876
Rutherford B. Hayes vs. Samuel Tilden
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Who won the popular vote
Samuel Tilden
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Why did people want to explore?
Curiosity, region, money/trade,
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What happened as a result of exploration?
Improvements in technology New discoveries Changes in culture
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What was the Colombian exchange? Gives examples of foods that came thorough each region.
When food went from the old work to the new world and visa versa examples ________________________

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