Civil War & Reconstruction Flashcard

Front

Which battle gave Lincoln the victory he needed to issue the Emancipation Proclamation? Options: Gettysburg, Antietam, Appomattox Court House, Vicksburg

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Antietam

Front

Who was the Union general in the West that gained the only victories for the Union?

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Ulysses S. Grant

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Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation declared that slaves in Confederate states were free.

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slaves in Confederate states were free.

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What laws were created after the 13th Amendment to restrict African Americans in the South? Options: black codes, Jim Crow laws, segregation bill

Back

black codes

Front

What system allowed for a farmer to rent land and tools from a landowner in exchange for a portion of the crops at harvest?

Back

sharecropping

Front

What required a fee to vote? Options: poll tax, 15th Amendment, literacy test

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poll tax

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This was the president of the Confederate States.

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Jefferson Davis

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This was the main economy of the Union

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Industry

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Why did Abraham Lincoln issue the Emancipation Proclamation?

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Gain more troops ; win the war ; end slavery

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What was established to help the freed slaves with food, schooling, clothing and medical care?

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Freedmen's Bureau