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Radical Republicans
faction of american politicians with the republican party from before civil war til the end of construction -
Battle of Fort Sumter
happened in charleston, south carolina confederates attacked union fort COnfederate general demanded surrender Union major refused Lincoln announced he would supply fort first battle in civil war this made many northerners enlist in the union -
The Anaconda Plan
Civil war strategy to put down the rebellion of the confederacy blockade coast of south to stop export of cotton etc divide south by controlling the mississippi river divide south by capturing the tennessee river and marching through georgia to the coast used in the battle of shloh anteitam captrue of new orleans and battle of hampton roads -
first battle of bull run
18,000 poorly trained troops fairfax county and prince william county, virginia union attacked confederate army and capital (richmond) Battle was disaster for union forces union lost first lan battle of civil war on July 22 Lincoln signed a bill calling for 500,000 volunteers and efforts began to rebuild the army Confederate leaders: PGT Beauregard
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freedmen's bureau
establised by congress to help former black slaves and poor whites in the south in the aftermath of the civil war -
Battle of Shiloh
pittsburg landing, hardin county tennessee
April 6-7 1862
Union 66,000 men
Generals: Ulysses S. Grant
about 30,000 men
confederate:
44,700 men
generals: Albert Sydney and PGT Beauregard
Union captured forts Donelson and Hnery in Feb
confederates were successful
eaarliest bloodiest battle of war
johnston died -
battle of antietam
sharpsburg MD
union invaded maryland defensive stance
linear formation
one of the bloodiest single day battles
7 women involved in the union none died
1 woman in confederacy was killed
they dressed up as men
were nurses
no reported african americans
union consider it a victory but ir was mostly a draw
union had more people who were casualties
a lot of african americans were freed and were allowed to fight -
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battle of fredericksburg
fredericksburg pennsylvania first major opposed river crossings general ambrose e burnsides (union) tactic were poor so south won
General robert lee (south) fought on southern land and souths tactics were very good women provided clothing to soldiers and were nurses and spies free african americans were allowed to serve in the military some slaves were forced by their masters
led to the mud march in jan 1863
13000 union casualties 5000 confederate
burnside was let go by lincoln -
Battle of Chancellorsville
April 30- May 6h 1863
chancellorsville, virginia Union:97000 soldiers
led by major general joseph hooker
lost Confederate:
57000 soliders
led by robert e lee
won
stonewall jackson died by friendly folder
invaded
split his army south benefitted very little from this -
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the siege of vicksburg
last major confederate stronghold on mississippi rover
it was a siege union was attempting to cut off confederates resources
failed attempt by uinion
north 157 men killed
2nd attempt: union- 502 men died south: 1st attempt 8 men killed
attempt: under 500 july 3rd general pemberton sent a note to general ulysses s grant which demanded surrender -
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battle of gettysburg
union: george g meade and john f reynolds
robert e lees second attempt to invade the north
largest battle in civil war
lees army approached the town
women were disguised as soldiers
george was fired by lincoln by not securing the troops -
Battle of Atlanta
Union won
helped Lincolns re election
caused shermans march
william t sherman was general for union
confederacy had a huge advantage -
Sherman's march to the sea
north: william t sherman and his march
62000 men in two columns
atlanta to savannah south: Vs tennessee General howard
Vs georiga slocum
13000 men Total war:
destroying everything even the economy
Lincoln didnt endorse
1.4 billion dollars in damage -
Klu Klux Klan
founded in georgia- a secret society organized in the south after the civil war to reassert white supremacy by means of terrorism -
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black codes
were laws passed by southern states and had the intent and effect of restricting african americans freedom and compelling them to work in a labor economy based on low wages and or debt -
Civil Rights Act of 1866
first united states federal law to define us citizenship and affirm that all citizens are equally protected by law -
14th amendment
ratified on the date above^. granted citizenship to " all persons born or naturalized in the US" which included former slaves recently freed. -
carpetbeggars
northerners who moved to the south to take advantage of the unstable social, economical, and political climate. -
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sharecropping
system of agriculture in which a landowner allows a tenant to use the land in return for a share of crops produced on their portion of land. -
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Enforcement Acts
three bills passed by us congress- were criminal codes which protected african americans right to vote to hold office, serve juries, and receive equal protection of laws -
15th amendment
prohibits federal government from denying a citizen to the right to vote based on a citizens race, color, or previous condition of servitude -
dawes act
authorized president to survey american indian tribal land and divide it into allotments for individual indians
