Answer 1-100
... Why were there draft riots in the North during the Civil War? Poor white workers (mainly immigrants) protested against fighting to free the slaves because the newly freed slaves might ultimately take away their jobs. ...
... Why were there draft riots in the North during the Civil War? Poor white workers (mainly immigrants) protested against fighting to free the slaves because the newly freed slaves might ultimately take away their jobs. ...
Lincoln and the Constitution
... When President Lincoln was inaugurated on March 4, 1861, he inherited a crisis in the United States: a nation on the brink of dissolution. Eleven individual Southern slave states would declare independence from the United States of America and ally to form the Confederate States of America. Leaders ...
... When President Lincoln was inaugurated on March 4, 1861, he inherited a crisis in the United States: a nation on the brink of dissolution. Eleven individual Southern slave states would declare independence from the United States of America and ally to form the Confederate States of America. Leaders ...
Jeopardy
... $500 Answer from Miscellaneous They were against tariffs because it caused the price of their crops to decline and required them to pay more for the goods bought overseas. ...
... $500 Answer from Miscellaneous They were against tariffs because it caused the price of their crops to decline and required them to pay more for the goods bought overseas. ...
chapter sixteen the civil war, 1861–1865
... began the war underestimating its seriousness, scope, and duration. Northern generals such as Grant and Sherman recognized the advent of a more modern warfare and fought accordingly. The entire American community went to war, except ironically, the southern planter elite. As American men and women s ...
... began the war underestimating its seriousness, scope, and duration. Northern generals such as Grant and Sherman recognized the advent of a more modern warfare and fought accordingly. The entire American community went to war, except ironically, the southern planter elite. As American men and women s ...
Chapter 8_Civil War Reconciliation
... dangers, though hardly all, were centered on the issue of slavery. The Union might cause the economic death of slavery, or might emancipate the slaves with or without compensation. Protecting their “slave property” was one reason Southerners contemplated secession. Further, most Southerners and many ...
... dangers, though hardly all, were centered on the issue of slavery. The Union might cause the economic death of slavery, or might emancipate the slaves with or without compensation. Protecting their “slave property” was one reason Southerners contemplated secession. Further, most Southerners and many ...
Study Guide
... 1. How did Lincoln win? (Electoral college, Democratic Party) 2. What were the platforms of the various parties involved in the election (What were their political goals? What did they believe about slavery?) 3. What is secession? Why did the southern states begin to secede from the Union after Linc ...
... 1. How did Lincoln win? (Electoral college, Democratic Party) 2. What were the platforms of the various parties involved in the election (What were their political goals? What did they believe about slavery?) 3. What is secession? Why did the southern states begin to secede from the Union after Linc ...
Приложение 3
... Politics and war were so dominant in Lincoln's life that few of his contemporaries noticed his power as a writer. Yet, Lincoln was a President whose writings have a permanent place in American literature. A passionate reader all his life, he carefully studied the best books that came his way, rememb ...
... Politics and war were so dominant in Lincoln's life that few of his contemporaries noticed his power as a writer. Yet, Lincoln was a President whose writings have a permanent place in American literature. A passionate reader all his life, he carefully studied the best books that came his way, rememb ...
Приложение 3
... "A house divided against itself cannot stand... This government cannot endure, permanently halfslave and half-free... I do not expect the Union to be dissolved. I do not expect the house to fall but I do expect it will cease to be divided." Abraham Lincoln's oratorical powers brought him to the att ...
... "A house divided against itself cannot stand... This government cannot endure, permanently halfslave and half-free... I do not expect the Union to be dissolved. I do not expect the house to fall but I do expect it will cease to be divided." Abraham Lincoln's oratorical powers brought him to the att ...
The Blind Memorandum - House Divided (Dickinson College)
... There is a document in Lincoln’s papers that I think is the most mysterious, but also the most revealing in the whole canon of his writing. It’s called the Blind Memorandum. It was written on August 23rd 186,4 and the language is so dramatic and striking. It’s only 60 words long but I’m going to rea ...
... There is a document in Lincoln’s papers that I think is the most mysterious, but also the most revealing in the whole canon of his writing. It’s called the Blind Memorandum. It was written on August 23rd 186,4 and the language is so dramatic and striking. It’s only 60 words long but I’m going to rea ...
Soldiering for Christ - First Covenant Church
... South, with military governors taking over States were required to have at least 50% of their population take the oath before being re-admitted The Reconstruction went from being a process of healing to becoming more of a process of reasserting Northern control of the South So we should probably ask ...
... South, with military governors taking over States were required to have at least 50% of their population take the oath before being re-admitted The Reconstruction went from being a process of healing to becoming more of a process of reasserting Northern control of the South So we should probably ask ...
The Unknown Legacy of the 13th Amendment
... claimed that the state prison could lease out its convicts to local companies, usually in industries such as mining, lumbering, and railroad building, to not only house prisoners inexpensively but also regain the means of labor they had with slavery before the Civil War. By adopting the convict leas ...
... claimed that the state prison could lease out its convicts to local companies, usually in industries such as mining, lumbering, and railroad building, to not only house prisoners inexpensively but also regain the means of labor they had with slavery before the Civil War. By adopting the convict leas ...
The War for Southern Independence
... Thus, partly as a result of decades of sharp political struggle over the concrete goal of controlling federal policy on slavery, economics, expansion and the distribution of tax burdens, the Southern states by 1860 felt quite "nation-like" in terms of interests endarlgered by remaining in the Union ...
... Thus, partly as a result of decades of sharp political struggle over the concrete goal of controlling federal policy on slavery, economics, expansion and the distribution of tax burdens, the Southern states by 1860 felt quite "nation-like" in terms of interests endarlgered by remaining in the Union ...
Abraham Lincoln and the Emancipation Proclamation
... existence. But how were its rights violated by the national government? Article 1, Section 2, Paragraph 3 of the Constitution, negotiated in the Compromise of 1787, gave the South disproportionate political power by counting each slave as two thirds of a person for congressional representation. ...
... existence. But how were its rights violated by the national government? Article 1, Section 2, Paragraph 3 of the Constitution, negotiated in the Compromise of 1787, gave the South disproportionate political power by counting each slave as two thirds of a person for congressional representation. ...
Chapter 19 - Book Chapters
... Douglas. Each was too indelibly tainted by the Kansas-Nebraska Act. The delegates finally chose James Buchanan (pronounced by many Buckanan), who was muscular, white-haired, and tall (six feet), with a short neck and a protruding chin. Because of an eye defect, he carried his head cocked to one side ...
... Douglas. Each was too indelibly tainted by the Kansas-Nebraska Act. The delegates finally chose James Buchanan (pronounced by many Buckanan), who was muscular, white-haired, and tall (six feet), with a short neck and a protruding chin. Because of an eye defect, he carried his head cocked to one side ...
Unit 5: A Nation Divided and Rebuilt Pages
... (1) Main idea – page 488: The sides endured many _______________________ serving in the Civil War. (2) Main idea – page 493: In the first two years of the war, ____________________side gained a decisive victory over the other. Those Who Fought – Page 488 The majority of soldiers in the Civil War wer ...
... (1) Main idea – page 488: The sides endured many _______________________ serving in the Civil War. (2) Main idea – page 493: In the first two years of the war, ____________________side gained a decisive victory over the other. Those Who Fought – Page 488 The majority of soldiers in the Civil War wer ...
US History Fort Burrows Review Semester Exam II Chapter 11 1
... Northern industries from foreign competition. The Southern economy was hurt by this ...
... Northern industries from foreign competition. The Southern economy was hurt by this ...
Reconstruction to the 21 st Century
... Lincoln’s Plan • State readmitted if 10% of 1860 voters swear allegiance to Union • Radical Republicans consider plan too lenient: — want to destroy political power of former slaveholders — want full citizenship and suffrage for African Americans ...
... Lincoln’s Plan • State readmitted if 10% of 1860 voters swear allegiance to Union • Radical Republicans consider plan too lenient: — want to destroy political power of former slaveholders — want full citizenship and suffrage for African Americans ...
The Border States (cont`d)
... The Politics of Emancipation (cont’d) • Following the Union victory at Antietam, Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation that declared, effective January 1, 1863, slaves in the areas under Confederate control would be free. • No slaves were immediately freed but the act encouraged many to seek ...
... The Politics of Emancipation (cont’d) • Following the Union victory at Antietam, Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation that declared, effective January 1, 1863, slaves in the areas under Confederate control would be free. • No slaves were immediately freed but the act encouraged many to seek ...
File
... inaugural speech for the newly Confederacy. Lincoln reassured Southerners that he would not interfere with slavery in the South. But he warned that the Constitution was based on the idea that “No union can lawfully get out of the Union.” He would do his utmost to preserve the Union, by force if nece ...
... inaugural speech for the newly Confederacy. Lincoln reassured Southerners that he would not interfere with slavery in the South. But he warned that the Constitution was based on the idea that “No union can lawfully get out of the Union.” He would do his utmost to preserve the Union, by force if nece ...
Abraham Lincoln
... lawyer. Later, Lincoln ran for the U.S. Senate, he did not win but he did gain national recognition for his arguments against slavery during the debates. In 1860, Lincoln ran for President of the United States. He was a member of the fairly new Republican party which strongly opposed allowing any o ...
... lawyer. Later, Lincoln ran for the U.S. Senate, he did not win but he did gain national recognition for his arguments against slavery during the debates. In 1860, Lincoln ran for President of the United States. He was a member of the fairly new Republican party which strongly opposed allowing any o ...
Reading #6
... Republicans in Congress. Their leader, Thaddeus Stevens from Pennsylvania, hated the rich slave owners of the South and blamed them for the war. When Johnson changed course and began following a more lenient policy in the South, Stevens turned against Johnson and led the radical Republicans in l ...
... Republicans in Congress. Their leader, Thaddeus Stevens from Pennsylvania, hated the rich slave owners of the South and blamed them for the war. When Johnson changed course and began following a more lenient policy in the South, Stevens turned against Johnson and led the radical Republicans in l ...
A Justification for the Federal Use of Force in the Civil War
... Perhaps no other governmental body was better able to accomplish this task than the Executive Branch under President Abraham Lincoln. He was opposed to the idea of secession and was in favor of defending the Union’s integrity at all costs, stating in his inaugural address that “[...]in contemplation ...
... Perhaps no other governmental body was better able to accomplish this task than the Executive Branch under President Abraham Lincoln. He was opposed to the idea of secession and was in favor of defending the Union’s integrity at all costs, stating in his inaugural address that “[...]in contemplation ...
Jeopardy
... and the Vice-President of the Confederacy. Stephens, though physically small and frail, was a major force in Georgia and U.S. politics. Born in Crawfordville, he graduated from the University of Georgia in 1832. In 1836, soon after passing the Georgia Bar, Stephens was elected to the Georgia Assembl ...
... and the Vice-President of the Confederacy. Stephens, though physically small and frail, was a major force in Georgia and U.S. politics. Born in Crawfordville, he graduated from the University of Georgia in 1832. In 1836, soon after passing the Georgia Bar, Stephens was elected to the Georgia Assembl ...