Unit 5 Study Guide

Unit 5 study 

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Which state was the first to secede following Abraham Lincoln's electoral victory?
South Carolina
What was Lincoln's public position on slavery?
He opposed the expansion of slavery but not its existence.
Confederate victories during the early phases of the Civil War can be explained by Confederate superiority in:
military leadership
By 1863, MOST military planners knew that the South could not continue to flight indefinitely because:
Southern industry was too weak to support the expense of waging war
Why was the 14th Amendment NOT successfully implemented in Southern states during the Reconstruction Era?
Southern states refused to acknowledge the amendment because of its provisions
The confederate defeat at Vicksburg was imported because it:
Split the CSA and gave the union control of miss. river
What was the agricultural system used during Reconstruction that allowed white landowners to benefit from the labor of former slaves without paying wages:
Sharecropping
What factor provided military advantage for the north during the civil war?
The north was heavily industrialized
Where did lee surrender to grant
Appomattox, va
What was lincoln's plan for reconstruction
10% plan
After destroying atlanta, general sherman set out to:
Destroy south carolina
This agreement between southern democrats and republicans candidate rutherford b. hayes official ends reconstruction:
Compromise of '76
What does impeach mean?
To remove from office
The ____ sent educators to the south to teach former slaves
Freedmen's
Define sharecropping
Labor system that replaced slavery, split profits