Term
The problem with the South ______ getting Southern states to send troops to help other states was always difficult to do.
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in THIS STATE, the governor was a belligerent state's righter and kept wanting to secede |
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Definition
The problem with the South was that it gave states the ability to
secede in the future, and getting Southern states to send troops to
help other states was always difficult to do.
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GA |
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Term
| What did Jefferson Davis do to help Confederate national strength? |
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Definition
Not much (according to Bailey)
Jefferson Davis was never really popular and he overworked himself. |
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Term
____ also installed a puppet government in _____, putting in ____n as emperor of ____.
Why/how did it fall apart?
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What did this violate? |
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Definition
Napoleon III of France also installed a puppet government in Mexico
City, putting in the Austrian Archduke Maximilian as emperor of Mexico,
but after the war, the U.S. (big help = Wm Seward) threatened violence, and Napoleon left
Maximilian to doom at the hands of a Mexican firing squad.
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Violated Monroe Doctrine |
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Term
-Abe Lincoln did make some tyrannical acts during his term as
president, such as .... (6)
-but he justified his actions by saying that |
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Definition
-illegally proclaiming a blockade,
-arbitrarily increased the size of the fed army without Congressional consent, and
-sending in troops to the Border
States
-the advancement of $2 million to three private citizens for war purposes,
-the suspension of habeas corpus so
that anti-Unionists could be arrested without a formal charge,
-and the intimidation of voters in the Border States.
-such acts weren’t permanent, and that he had to do those things in order to
preserve the Union. |
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Term
The Confederate states’ ___ led to the handicapping of the South, and perhaps
to its ultimate downfall. |
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Definition
The Confederate states’ refusal to sacrifice some
states’ rights led to the handicapping of the South, and perhaps
to its ultimate downfall. |
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Term
At first, there were numerous volunteers, but after the initial
enthusiasm slacked off, Congress _____ |
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Definition
At first, there were numerous volunteers, but after the initial
enthusiasm slacked off, Congress passed its first conscription law ever
(the draft) |
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Term
| As a result of poor citizens' reactions to the drafts, many riots broke out, such as one in ____ |
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Definition
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Term
| Volunteers manned more than 90% of the Union army...what impact did this have when people were paid? |
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Definition
| would be able to collect $1,000 later, and "bounty brokers"/"substitute brokers" sprang up |
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Term
| The North passed the ____ Act, increasing tariff rates by about _% to _%, but war soon drove those rates even higher. |
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Definition
| The North passed the Morrill Tariff Act, increasing tariff rates by about 5% to 10%, (up to Walker Tariff of 1846) but war soon drove those rates even higher. |
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Term
| The ____ also issued ___ money called "___," but __________ |
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Definition
The Washington Treasury also issued paper money called "greenbacks," but this money was very unstable and sank to as
low as 39 cents per gold dollar. |
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Term
| The federal Treasury also netted $___ in the sale of _. |
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Definition
| The federal Treasury also netted $2.6 billion in the sale of bonds. |
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Term
| The _______ was a landmark of the war, created to establish a standard bank-note currency, and banks that joined the (same term) could DO WHAT |
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Definition
The National Banking System was a landmark of the war, created to
establish a standard bank-note currency, (later flooded w/ "rag money) and banks that joined the
National Banking System could buy government bonds and issue sound
paper money. |
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Term
| The National Banking Act was the first step toward ____. |
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Definition
The National Banking Act was the first step toward a unified
national banking network since 1836, when the Bank of the United States
was killed by Andrew Jackson. |
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Term
In the South, runaway inflation plagued the Confederates, and
overall, in the South inflation went up to ___%, as opposed to
“just” __% in the North. |
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Definition
In the South, runaway inflation plagued the Confederates, and
overall, in the South inflation went up to 9000%, as opposed to
“just” 80% in the North. |
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Term
The ___ actually emerged from the Civil War more prosperous than
before, since ____ |
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Definition
-The North actually emerged from the Civil War more prosperous than
before, since
-new factories had been formed and
-a millionaire class was
born for the first time in history. |
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Term
| Many ___ suppliers used shoddy equipment in their supplies, such as (shoes thing), (horses thing), and (wool thing) |
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Definition
| However, many Union suppliers used shoddy equipment in their supplies, such as using cardboard as the soles of shoes, giving blind/aged horses, and shoddy/reprocessed wool for soldiers. |
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Term
| In 1859, ____ sent people to Pennsylvania. |
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Definition
| In 1859, a discovery of petroleum oil sent people to Pennsylvania. |
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Term
| Women gained new advances in the war by... |
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Definition
Women gained new advances in the war, taking the jobs left behind
by men going off to battle, and other women posed as men and became
soldiers with their husbands. |
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Term
| ____ and ____ helped transform nursing from a lowly service to a respected profession, and in the South. |
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Definition
Clara Barton and Dorothea Dix helped transform nursing from a lowly
service to a respected profession, and in the South. |
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Term
In the South, ____ ran
a Richmond infirmary for wounded Confederate soldiers and was awarded
____ by Jefferson Davis. |
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Definition
In the South, Sally Tompkins ran
a Richmond infirmary for wounded Confederate soldiers and was awarded
the rank of Captain by Jefferson Davis. |
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Term
The South was ruined by the war, as ____ collapsed and
____ became scarce, and by the end of the war, the South claimed only _% of the national wealth as opposed to _% before the war, and its per capita income was now ___ that of
Northerners, as opposed to __ of Northerners before the war. |
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Definition
The South was ruined by the war, as transportation collapsed and
supplies of everything became scarce, and by the end of the war, the
South claimed only 12% of the national wealth as opposed to 30% before
the war, and its per capita income was now 2/5 that of
Northerners, as opposed to 2/3 of Northerners before the war. |
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Term
| "American rancor was also directed at Canada, where despite the vigilance of British authorities, ____." |
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Definition
| Southern agents plotted to burn Northern cities. |
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Term
"Hatred of England burned especially fiercely among WHO, and they did WHAT?
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Why couldn't Congress control it? |
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Definition
Irish Americans...raised several tiny "armies" of a few hundred green-shirted men and launched invasions of Canada, notably in 1866 and 1870
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Too many Irish American voters |
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Term
| Why, in 1867, did the British form the Dominion of Canada? |
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Definition
| bolster Canadians politically and spiritually against the possible vengeance of the U.S. |
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Term
| v/f: At times, the Richmond government had trouble persuading certain troops to serve outside their own borders |
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Definition
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Term
| the sec. of war's name is Edwin ___ |
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Definition
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Term
NAME THAT MAN
Charles Francis Adams |
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Definition
Define: American minister who prodded the British into realizing that allowing Confederate raiders to be built was a dangerous precedent that might someday be used against them
-still, 250 ships were captured when they violated the leaky laws to build more |
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Term
| During the war, excise taxes on ___ and ____ were substantially increased by Congress |
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Definition
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Term
| Who robbed both cradles and graves? |
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Definition
| The Confederate army...smaller population meant that they needed any type of manpower more quickly |
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Term
| Who sold bonds for the government for commission of 3/8 of 1%? |
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Definition
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Term
How did the Confederate gov't fund the war?
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-What did this money cause? |
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Definition
"Confederate bonds were sold at home and abroad. The Richmond regime also imposed a 10% levy on farm produce."
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-Runaway inflation
-$1 bil |
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Term
| Why were clothing sizes invented? |
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Definition
| Marriage of military need and innovative machinery |
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Term
| With 250,000 mechanical reapers in existence, they proved to be more potent than guns since... |
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Definition
| Produced vast surpluses of grain that helped dethrone King Cotton |
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Term
"pioneers continued to push westward during the war, altogether an estimated 300,000 people."
Causes for pioneers? |
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Definition
-causes:
-gold rush
-free land (homestead)
-draft |
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Term
| "____ drew countless women into industrial employment." |
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Definition
| "The booming military demand for shoes and clothing, combined w/ technological marvels like the sewing machine drew countless women into industrial employment." |
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Term
____ helped organize the ____ to assist the Union army in the field
What did this do for its leaders? |
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Definition
| Elizabeth Blackwell - America's first female physician; U.S. Sanitary Commission; helped many women to acquire the orginizational skills and self-confidence that would propel the women's movement forward after the war. |
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