In what year did Bierce become a member of the Ninth Indiana Volunteer Infantry Regiment?
1860
1898
1990
1861
1862
How many men did Grant have?
54,000
540,500
54,500
540
What were the immediate causes of the Civil War?
Religion
Economy
Slavery (1/8 people were enslaved)
hating the union
One of North's advantages was that they had 9 million people.
What were the North's advantages?
Easier travel
Superiority in supplies
Superior generals
Having 9 thousand miles of railroad
The South had superior generals and knew the land better.
What is true about Grant?
He was willing to immerse many soldiers in order to waken the South
He was the most successful Union General
He was a slave
He was cool
What were some of the important battles that took place between 1863 and 1877
Vicksburg - Trade Rout
Gettysburg - Pushed back Lee
Atlanta - Close to election and crucial industrial center
Battle of River Run
General Grant ran for office for the Democratic Party.
What was included in Lincoln's Plan?
Empathetic
Amnesty Oath
10% Plan
Ironclad Loyalty Oath
What did the 10% Plan entail?
Only 10% of the South's population needed to vote to have statehood re-established.
Only 10% of the North's population needed to vote to have statehood re-established.
Bring 10% of the South into the Union without as much pain as the Radical Republicans wanted,
Pardoning 10% of a person or group of people for a political offense.
What is true about the Freedmen's Bureau act of 1866
It was made to enforce the 13th amendment.
Covered documentation of: education, work, deaths, births, etc.
Was seen positively by many newspapers
Didn't cover any documentation
What was the compromise of 1877?
in exchange for Hayes' win, the Freedmen's Bureau act of 1866 would not be enforced
in exchange for Tilden's' win, the Freedmen's Bureau act of 1866 would not be enforced
Would make Tilden win the election
Was pretty lit fam
The 13th amendment...
abolished slavery completely
abolished slavery in the U.S. except as punishment for crime
stated that anyone born or naturalized in the U.S. is a citizen
The political machine was used to..
assert power
launder money
help people in exchange for votes
high tariffs
create less paper money
The West was too focused on rolling back Reconstruction and enforcing Jim Crow laws to worry much about corruption.
The West Fought Corruption with what?
Farmers alliance and the People's Party
assert in power and laundering money
raising tariffs and making less paper money
enforcing Jim Crow laws and rolling back Reconstruction
