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Describe the roles of the following:
1. Abraham Lincoln:
16th President of the United States; issued the Emancipation proclamation;
president during the Civil War; Assassinated by John Wilkes Booth
2. Robert E. Lee:
Commander of the Confederacy
3. Ulysses S. Grant:
Union General in Civil War ; 18th President of the United States 1869 – 1877
4. Jefferson Davis:
President of Confederacy during the Civil War
5. Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson:
Confederate Commander during Civil War; He was accidently shot by one of
his own men
Describe the following major battles and campaigns:
See battles attachment for this section
6. Fort Sumter:
7. Gettysburg:
8. The Atlanta Campaign:
9. Sherman’s March to the Sea:
10. Appomattox Court House:
Short Answer:
11. What did abolitionists want to abolish?
slavery
12. How did the Emancipation Proclamation change the war?
It made the war a war to end slavery in the heart of the south.
13. Which constitutional amendment gave full citizenship to African Americans?
The Fourteenth Amendment
14. What has been the main result of the passage of the 15th, 19th, 23rd, 24th,
and 26th amendments?
An increase in the number of eligible voters.
15. Describe the purpose of the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments:
13th Amendment – declared that slavery would not be allowed to exist in the United
States.
14th Amendment – declared that the states could not limit the rights of citizens.
15th Amendment – to give all men the right to vote (could not discriminate based on
race, color, or whether they once were a slave).
16. Explain how Uncle Tom’s Cabin and John Brown’s Raid were related to the Civil
War.
Uncle Tom’s Cabin is a book written by Harriet Beecher Stowe which told about the
life of a slave. This book angered southerners and made northerners more aware
of the horrors of slavery. John Brown’s Raid was a raid led by John Brown on an
armory to steal weapons to give to slaves. Both of these events increased tensions
between the North and the South and are considered causes of the Civil War.
17. Describe how the issues of states’ rights and slavery increased tensions
between the North and South.
Southerners believed they were going to lose the right to make decisions as a
state and that there would be more federal control in states. The North felt that
slavery should be abolished and the South felt the abolishment of slavery would
change their way of life and ruin their economy. The differences in opinions
between the North and the South led to disagreements and increased the dislike
that each felt toward the other. The possibility of losing both of these was a
major cause of the South making the decision to secede.
18. Describe the effects of war on the North and South.
The tremendous loss of American life effected both the North and South by leaving families
without the male leader in the home and workers in the work force. The abolishment of slavery left
many African Americans without homes and jobs and the ones who did enter the work force were
having limitations put on them by the Black Codes. The Southern economy and land was in ruins.
There was still a lot of animosity between the people of the North and the South which made it
difficult for them to come together as one country again.