0
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State, dates and party of Grant
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Illinois
1869-77
Radical Republicans
1
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State, dates and party of Andrew Johnson
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1865-69
Democrat
Tennessee
2
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Month of General Butler’s contraband declaration
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May 1861
3
Q
Month of first confiscation act
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August 1861
4
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HoR action towards Crittenden Resolution in Dec 1861
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Refused to reaffirm
5
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Month of Fremont’s freeing of slaves
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August 1861
6
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Lincoln’s response to Fremont’s emancipation
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Removed from Missouri command
7
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Month of Second Confiscation Act
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July 1862
8
Q
Month of Congress’ abolishing slavery in all territories
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June 1862
9
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Voting for Congress abolishment of slavery in territories
A
Completely sectional
10
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How much money was set aside by Congress to Lincoln for recolonisation scheme
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$500,000
11
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Month of Lincoln’s proposed emancipation compensation scheme
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March 1862
12
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How much money would be received for each slave released under L scheme?
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$400
13
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Lincoln’s emancipation compensation support/rejection?
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Approved by congress but Union slave States refused to introduce
14
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Month of Lincoln’s presentation of EP?
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July 1862
15
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Cabinet support for EP
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All except Blair who feared consequences on midterms
16
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Who proposed delaying EP until after military victory?
A
Seward
17
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Date on which EP was issued
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22 September 1862
18
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Conditions of EP
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Slavery untouched by all states in the Union before 1 Jan 1863
After this date, any slaves in captured territory would be forever free
19
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British reaction to EP
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Disappointed in weakness
20
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Reaction of NDs to EP
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Denounced it due to fear of Northern migration
21
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Seats lost by Republicans in mid terms after EP
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35 congressional seats
22
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Impact of EP on war result (3)
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Increased resistance from Confed
Reduced chance of British support
More men to the Union
23
Q
13th amendment first attempt
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1864 passed senate but didn’t get 2/3 needed in house
24
Margin of votes for success at second attempt of 13th in the house
3
25
Date of 13th amendment
31 January 1865
26
Lincoln initial stance towards black recruitment
Opposed
27
1st attempt at Black recruitment in Union (who, when, where, result)
General Hunter, early 1862, Sea Islands of SC, received no war department funding so had to disband
28
1st successful a attempt at black recruitment (who, when, where, result, number)
Sec of War Stanton, August 1862, Union occupied Louisiana, supported by Lincoln, 5000)
29
Number of Northern free blacks who joined the Union army
33,000/ 46,000 free blacks of fighting age
30
Number of blacks recruited from Confed states
100,000
31
Number of black soldiers from Union slave states
42,000
32
Month of Fort Wagner
July 1863
33
% of black casualties from Fort Wagner
40% of 54th regiment
34
Number of black officers by 1865
100
35
Pay inequality in the army
$13 a month for whites, $10 for blacks
36
Month and result of protest against unequal pay in the army
November 1863, sergeant executed
37
Month of equal pay for soldiers in Union army
June 1864
38
Number of black soldiers who died (number killed in action)
37,000 (3,000)
39
Sherman's actions in Jan 1865 on emancipation
Declared freed slaves should receive 40 acres of land and a surplus mule
40
Year in which Missouri and Maryland freed slaves
1864
41
Number of slaves in Kentucky in April 1865
65,000
42
Month of Freedmen Bureau's establishment
March 1865
43
Fraction of Southern population that were black after the war
1/3
44
Year of Confed Impressment Act
1863
45
Number of slaves who fled the South during the war
500,000
46
When did Confed allow slaves in army
Feb 1865
47
Number of slaves allowed in army after law
300,000
48
Requirements of 10% plan (2)
10% took of 1860 electorate took oath of allegiance
| Abolished slavery
49
States that used 10% plan
Arkansas, Louisiana, Tennessee
50
3 key radical republicans opposing Lincoln
Thaddeus Stevens, Charles Sumner, Benjamin Wade
51
1865, % of Louisiana's population that were black
47%
52
Failure of proposed Louisiana Constitution
No black suffrage
53
Congress' response to Louisiana Constitution
Refused admission of senators
54
Requirements of Wade Davis Bill (3)
50% take ironclad oath
Ban slavery
Ban Confed politicians and soldiers from office
55
Lincoln's response to Wade Davis Bill
Pocket veto
56
Date of Lincoln's assassination
14 April 1865
57
Assassin and site for Lincoln
John Wilkes Booth, Ford Theatre in Washington
58
Union army reduction in size (Dec 1865, late 1866)
150,000 then 38,000
59
Fraction of Southern men who had a died
1/4 of white military age
60
Amount of money spent by Mississippi on purchasing artificial limbs in 1865
1/5 of its revenue
61
Amount lost in capital by South through emancipation
$2 billion
62
Johnson's cabinet
Same as Lincoln
63
Johnson's aim for ending reconstruction month
December 1865
64
Johnson's actions in May 1865 on reconstruction (3)
Recognised Southern governments as L had done
Issued general amnesty to South for oath takers
Allowed application for Presidential Pardon to Confed officials
65
Problematic members of Southern members of congress
Confed VP, 4 Confed generals and 58 Comfed Congressmen
66
Fraction of seats held by Northern Democrats in 1865
1/4
67
Congress' response to Confederate members of Congress (2)
Barred entrance
| Set up Committee on Reconstruction
68
Johnson's major blunder
Veto of Congressional attempted to enlarge Freedmen's Bureau
69
Month of Civil Rights Act
April 1866
70
Johnson's response to Civil Rights Act and Congress response
Vetoed but overturned by congress
71
What was 14th Amendment (2)
Permanent embodiment of Civil Rights Act and barred anybody who had taken an oath against Union from office
72
Southern rejection of 14th amendment
All Confed states except Tennessee
73
Memphis and New Orleans race riots
May and July 1866
74
Name, Site and Date of Johnson's convention for mid terms
National Union Convention, Philadelphia in July
75
Result of Johnson's National Union Convention (2)
Lost dignity and portrayed badly by Republicans
| Public realised they were just democrats
76
Results of 1866 midterms
Republicans won all but 3 states guaranteeing a 2/3 majority
77
Period of radical reconstruction
Dec 1866-March 1867
78
Military Reconstruction Act month
March 1867
79
Military Reconstruction Act features (3)
No legal government existed in any ex-Confed state (except Tennessee)
10 Southern States were to be divided into 5 military districts with a federal commander
To get back into Union, states had to elect constitutional convention which would accept black suffrage and ratify 14th amendment
80
Features of commander of the army act (1)
Recognised importance of army in reconstruction, thus reducing Johnson's military powers
81
Features of Tenure of Office Act (1)
Barred from removing office holders including cabinet members
82
Aim of tenure of office act
Protect Sec of War, Stanton, but critic of Johnson but still hadn't resigned
83
Main radical reconstruction legislation (3)
Military Reconstruction Act
Commander of Army Act
Tenure of Office Act
84
What caused Johnson's impeachment
Suspended and then dismissed Stanton
85
Month that Johnson was convicted of impeachment
February 1868
86
Voting in House to try for impeachment
126 to 47
87
Voting in senate for impeachment
35 for impeachment, 19 against, 1 short of 2/3 majority necessary
88
Grant EC results 1868 (percentage of votes)
214 votes to 80 (52%)
89
Year in which 15th amendment was ratified
1870
90
Point of 15th amendment
Black suffrage
91
Number of Northern States allowing black suffrage in 1868
Only 8
92
Max number of troops in Southern occupation
20,000
93
Length of occupation after military reconstruction act
1867-70
94
3 groups of support for Southern Republicans
Blacks
Scallawags
Carpetbaggers
95
What was a carpetbagger
Northern whites who settled in the South
96
What was a Scallawag
Southern whites who supported the Republican Party
97
Key arm to Republican Party in the south
Union League
98
States in which black voters constituted a majority
Mississippi and South Carolina
99
Number of blacks in congress before 1877
2 senators and 15 representatives
100
Reasons for lack of more black representation (3)
Often a minority
Divisions between the party
Lack of experience
101
Max % of carpetbaggers in a state
2
102
How corrupt were Southern Republican governments
Corrupt but no different from all others of the time
103
Years of high cotton prices in reconstruction period
1867-73
104
Cotton production 1860 v 1880
4.5 million bales to 6.3 million bales
105
Southern wealth as % of total, 1860 v 1870
30% to 12%
106
Comparative incomes between north and South (1860,1870)
Equal, South 2/5 of North
107
Location and person responsible for finding KKK
Tennessee, Nathan Bedford Forrest
108
Number of of Klansmen by 1870
500,000
109
Congress' response to KKK (3)
3 force acts passed
Allowed army to break up Klan
Penalties for those limiting rights
110
Year of first democrat control after redemption and where
Tennessee in 1868
111
By what year had all Southern States got a Democrat government
1877
112
Democrat aims after redemption (3)
Reduce political, social and economic power of blacks
Scope and expense of government
Taxes
113
% fall in cotton prices after 1872 (5 years)
Nearly 50%
114
What happened to Tredgar Iron Works after 1873
Went bankrupt
115
In what year did the freedmen Bureau collapse
1872
116
Amnesty Act by Grant (year and number with rights returned)
1872, 150,000
117
Grants competitor for second term
Horace Greeley
118
% of vote received by Grant in 1872
55
119
Year of second civil rights act
1875
120
Result of 1874 midterms
Democrat majority in House
121
Example of violence from white groups after war
Sep 1874, 30 died in battle between white league and state militia
122
In what state were there two governments claiming legitimacy after the war
Louisiana
123
Candidates in 1876 election
Rep Rutherford B Hayes
| Dem Samuel Tilden
124
Who won the most votes in 1876 and by what margin
Tilden, 200,000
125
Number of contested states (and EC seats) in 1876
4, 20
126
Resolution to 1876 election
Congress elected a commission to review returns, 8 were republican and 7 were democrat
8 gave all to Hayes making him president
127
Hayes' compromise for 1876 Presidency (4)
Withdraw troops
Recognise Democrat gov in disputed states
Appoint a southerner to cabinet
Support Southern rail interets
128
How many years between 1789-1861 had a Southern slave holder been president
49
129
1st example of naval involvement of blacks in Union
1861, gun crew of the USS Minnesota
130
Number of black soldiers in army and navy for Union
200,000
131
Colonisation scheme in 1863 (where, how many, what happened)
Island near Haiti
453
Starvation and small pox, 368 survivors collected and returned to US next year
132
How much control did the Union have over Louisiana in 1862
2/4 of the congressional districts
133
2 Union officials in Louisiana
Nathaniel Banks led forces
| George F Shepley was military governor
America
flashcards
Decks in class (13)
# Cards
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USA In The Mid-nineteenth Century115
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Problem Of Western Expansion68
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Rise Of Republican Party116
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1860 Election, Secession And Civil War113
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War On Home And Foreign Fronts75
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The War 1861-65192
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Reconstruction134
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Reconstruction extras16
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Secession And Start Of Civil War Extras7
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1820-59 Extras21
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War Extras23
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Economic Differences Extras7
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Presidents Extras26
