Don't know much about history part 2

Reading Questions for "Don't Know About History"

1) Why does the author suggest that John Brown had a sense of humor?

- He makes a joke, when President Buchanan put a price of $250 on Browns head, Brown responded with a bounty of two dollars and fifty cents on Buchanan’s

2) What was John Brown's plan?

His plan was to march south, arm the slaves who would flock his crusade and establish a black republic in the Appalachians to wage war against the slaveholding South

3) Why did John Brown become a symbol? To the North he became a symbol of a martyr in a just cause, He was a forceful and eloquent spokesman for the cause of abolition. South, he represented yankee interference in the souths way of life taken to its extreme.

4) When and why did South Carolina succeed from the Union?

1860, many reasons, what brown did. The south felt it was being over powered by the north, and the south way of life was being threatened.

5) List some of the advantages of the North at the beginning of the war. List some of the advantages of the South at the beginning of the war.

North: More people, more money, more industrialized, it vastly outproduced the south, they had a better way of increasing their wartime supplies.

South: was in a defensive war, they had beeter commanders, were better riders, better with weapons, and showed a greater martial spirit.

6) List some of the (5) famous battles of the Civil War with a brief description of each.

First battle of the bull run: First major battle of the war. 30000 Union soldiers and about the same number of Confederate soldiers. Fought in Manassas Virginia. Both green armies. Confederates beat the Union, chasing them back to DC.

Battle of Ball’s Bluff: takes place in Virginia. Another rout of Union Forces with some 1,900 Union troops killed.

Battle of Shiloh: Confederate forces under Albert Johnston attack Grant’s army. Union Forces are nearly defeated, but reinforcements arrive and drive off the Confederate army. 13,000 Union troops and 11,000 Confederate troops are lost in 2 days.

The seven Days’ battle: Lee attacks McClellan and eventually drives him away from Richmond ending the Peninsular Campaign.

Battle of Gettysburg: Confederate troops in search of shoes run into a group of Union troops. A three day battle where many are killed (Confederates lost 28,000). Final turning point in the war, Union army turns back repeated Confederate assaults.

7) How do you view Lincoln's suspension of "the writ of habeas corpus"?

I honestly think it was a good move at the time. It was a move to help the Union within Union boundries. He did what he had to do, if you were supporting the South but living in the North you could only expect to be watched more closely.

8) What if Lee's plan had not been found at the battle of Antiem?

I really think the south would have won. If Lee hadn’t been found out he the south would have gotten the support of the foreign nations.

9) What was the reconstruction?

It was the process of joining the nation back together. Letting the Southern States readmit to the Union.

10) Why did the Klu Klux Klan form?

It was a post civil war group of white southerners formed to as a backlash to reconstruction. They wanted to prevent blacks in politics.

11) Discuss Andrew Johnson's impeachment.

He was impeached for trying to dismiss an official who had been appointed with Senate consent without getting senate approval and this man Johnson tried to dismiss was an ally of the Radical Republicans.