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Chapter 7 The Civil War and Reconstruction
Ch. 7.1 The Opposing Sides
Define:
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Robert E. Lee
greenback
copperhead
habeus corpus
attrition
6. Legal Tender Act
7. War Democrat
8. conscription
9. Trent Affair
10. Anaconda Plan
Answer:
1. Why was the South able to quickly organize an
army?
2. How was having a larger population than the South
an advantage for the North?
3. How were the Northern Democrats divided over the
Civil War?
4. Why was it important for the Confederate States of
America to be recognized by the industrialized
European nations?
5. What war strategy did Jefferson Davis develop for
the South?
Ch. 7.2 The Early Stages
Define:
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“Stonewall” Jackson
6. bounty
blockade runner
7. David G. Farragut
Ulysses S. Grant
8. hardtack
Emancipation Proclamation
prisoner of war
Answer:
1. What was the significance of the First Battle of Bull
Run?
2. How did the Confederates try to break the Union
blockade?
3. What was the significance of the Battle of Shiloh?
4. What was the significance of the Battle of Antietam?
5. Why did Lincoln issue the Emancipation
Proclamation?
6. What were the effects of food shortages in the South?
7. What medical problems did Union and Confederate
soldiers face?
8. Why do you think so many African Americans were
willing to volunteer to fight in the Civil War?
Ch. 7.3 The Turning Point
Define:
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foraging
Pickett’s Charge
William T. Sherman
Mandate
Appomattox Courthouse
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siege
Gettysburg Address
torpedo
13th Amendment
Answer:
1. Why did President Lincoln want the Union Army to
capture Vicksburg?
2. What was the result of Pickett’s Charge?
3. Why was capturing Chattanooga important for the
Union?
4. Why did General Grant want to capture Petersburg?
5. Why did General Sherman march his army to the
sea?
6. Why did President Lincoln doubt he could win the
Election of 1864?
Ch. 7.4 Reconstruction Begins
Define:
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Reconstruction
amnesty
pocket veto
freedmen
Freedmen’s Bureau
black codes
14th amendment
Military Reconstruction Act
impeach
15th amendment
Answer:
1. Why did Lincoln favor a generous Reconstruction
policy toward the South?
2. Why was the Freedmen’s Bureau established?
3. Who did President Johnson blame for the Civil War?
4. What two laws did Radical Republicans pass to
reduce presidential power?
Ch. 7.5 Reconstruction and Republican Rule
Define:
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Carpetbagger
Scalawag
graft
Panic of 1873
Compromise of 1877
tenant farmer
sharecropper
Answer:
1. What 3 groups of people helped to create Republican
governments in the South during Reconstruction?
2. How did education for African Americans change
during Reconstruction?
3. Why did Congress pass the Enforcement Acts?
4. Why did the Liberal Republicans oppose President
Grant?
5. What major issue was settled by the Compromise of
1877?
6. What alliance brought economic change in the
South?