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• 4. one person gaining too much power

• 7. single branch, endless power

• 8. Choices: Checks and balances, Federalism,

Individual Rights, OR Separation of Powers

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Why was Lincoln’s name left off the LA ballot in

1860?

Lincoln’s stand on slavery made him an enemy

of Louisiana.

What was the goal of the Anaconda Plan?

to gain control of the Mississippi/blockade the

South and defeat the Confederacy.

Which Union general was labeled “Beast”

because of his treatment of the Confederates?

Benjamin Butler

What was the purpose of the Emancipation

Proclamation?

To pressure the Confederates to end the war

and to get black soldiers to volunteer for the

Northern army.

5. WHICH CONCLUSION CAN BE DRAWN ABOUT

THE ROLE OF THE MISSISSIPPI IN THE UNION

STRATEGY?

Much of the Union’s strategy depended on

controlling the Mississippi

6. FILL IN STATES RIGHTS INTO THE BLANK

8. SCRATCH OUT NUMBER 7-> NOT ON EXAM

Which explains why southern states supported

the institution of slavery?

Their economic system was dependent on slave

labor.

9 What was the purpose of the Missouri

Compromise line?

to provide a line of demarcation between

slave and free states

10.SCRATCH OUT 10 SAME AS 9

11. What was an abolitionist?

People who fought against slavery.

12.

Who wrote Uncle Tom’s Cabin and what was its

purpose?

Harriet Beecher Stowe; to show the stark reality

of slavery.

13. What was the Fugitive Slave Act?

The Fugitive Slave Acts were a pair of

federal laws that allowed for the

capture and return of runaway slaves

within the territory of the United States

14.

What is sectionalism?

dividing the nation based on slave or free

15.

Wheat’s Tigers?

Ferocious known for fighting with knives on

battlefield, scream when they charge.

16.

What was the purpose of the Conscription Act

passed by the Confederate Congress?

set up a military draft,

17.

How was the complaint “a rich man’s struggle

but a poor man’s fight” related to the

Conscription Act?

Draft exemptions favored upper class

professionals and those who benefited from

slavery.

18.

The Union’s plan to defeat the CSA can be best

described as?

Blockading the South’s major ports and

waterways would cripple their transportation,

supplies, and economy.

19.

Why was Louisiana a primary target for the

Union?

The port of New Orleans and the Mississippi

River were crucial to Confederate trade and

transportation.

20.

What was the Confiscation Act?

allowed Union soldiers to take possession of

property belonging to Confederate supporters

CHAPTER 11

1. What characterizes the goals of the Southern

Democratic Party following the Civil War?

A commitment to white supremacy and

segregation between the races.

2. Why is Tabasco made on Avery Island ?

Edmund McIlhenny grew peppers and

combined them with Avery Island salt.

3.

Which event marks the end of the

Reconstruction period?

federal troops withdrawn

4.

What are the 13th-15th Amendments?

13-End Slavery

14-Civil Right for freedmen

15- Black men can vote.

5.

What is the period of time after the Civil War-

1877 called?

Reconstruction

6.WHAT IS THIS STATEMENT REFERRING TO?

Lincoln/Johnson’s 10% Plan

Johnson= lenient

7.

Which occurred in Louisiana as a result of

Johnson’s lenient Reconstruction policies?

Former Confederates were able to regain

control of the state legislature.

8.

What was the purpose of the Freedmen’s

Bureau?

The purpose of the Freedmen’s Bureau was to

protect the newly freed slaves.

9.

Which was the primary purpose of Louisiana’s

Black Codes?

maintaining white supremacy and control

10. What evidence from the drawing supports the claim of one

newspaper that this was “an absolute massacre”?

Republicans met to get suffrage for freedman, but white men

began killing unarmed freedmen.

12. Divided into______________?

13.

During Military Reconstruction, what

requirements had to be met before a state

could adopt a new constitution and elect a new

state government?

ratify the 14th Amendment and register former

male slaves and free men of color to vote

14.

What does disenfranchise mean?

to take away the right to vote

15.

What was a carpetbagger?

Northerners who traveled to the South during

Reconstruction in search of opportunity.]

Scalawag= southerner that supported

Republicans

CHAPTER 12

1. What Supreme Court case established the

separate-but-equal concept?

Plessy v Ferguson

2.

What was Jim Crow?

Jim Crow refers to a set of laws designed to

segregate African Americans and whites.

3.

What was the Convict Lease System?

leasing prisoners to private businesses

4.

How did the Supreme Court’s Plessy v.

Ferguson ruling impact southern legislatures?

They passed additional segregation statues.

5.

What were the central beliefs of the post-

Reconstruction Democratic Party?

white supremacy, social segregation, and small

government

6.

How would you describe the LA Lottery

Company’s influence over the state of LA?

The Louisiana State Lottery Company was

powerful and corrupt.

7 & 8

7. How did the system of sharecropping work?

And which describes an economic effect of

sharecropping?

Planters would rent a portion of their land to a

farmer who promised the farmer an agreed-

upon portion of the crop. Farmers were caught

in a debt peonage cycle while planters profited.