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History
American History Chapter 17 Test
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| What was the Emancipation Proclamation? | "the Emancipation Proclamation, which freed all slaves in Confederate territory." |
| How did African American soldiers help the Union? | "54th Massachusetts Regiment, one of the first African-American regiments organized in the North." The Militia Act also made it legal for African Americans to join the fight. |
| What effects did the Civil War have on the homefronts | ~Copperhead lived in the Union but wanted peace with the South. ~Conscription (draft) was used on both sides because both sides needed more men ~Income tax also started being used in the Union to make more money for the war. ~Women also started helping |
| What are the important battles that lead to the Unions victory? | ~Battle of Gettysburg ~Siege of Vicksburg ~ |
| What was the Gettysburg Address? | The Gettsburg Address was when Lincoln made a famous speech honoring the fallen soldiers |
| What is total war? | Total war is not just war on ones enemy, but on everyone that supports the enemy |
| Grant vs. Lee in Virginia | ~The battle of the Wilderness (29,000) ~Spotsylvania 25% casualties both sides (10-13,000) ~The Siege of Petersburg 10 months of fighting (70,000/ 7,000 per month) ~Cold Habor (18,000) |
| what was the Legacy of the Civil war | Northers did not like the Southerners and vice versa 13th amendment |
| Economic and human costs | At the end of the war around 620,000 soldiers had died. 360,000 were the Union soldiers and 260,000 were Confederate. 275,000 Union soldiers were wounded and 260,000 Confederate soldiers were wounded. Altogether 3,000,000 people served in both the armys |
| Political legacies and consequences of war? | People in the North saw what war did to the country and started to see the United States as a group of states, but as a mass power of a nation. The Government also expanded and started to be able to have more power than before. The National paper moeny w |
| Lincoln assassination | Lincoln was assassinated in Ford's Theater. His assassin John Wilkes Booth jumped down onto the stage afterwards and broke his leg. He was able to get away though. That same night Booth had people going to stab the secreatary of state and someone was supp |
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