Civil War: Causes
Fill in the blank: Everything north of the state of _______ was a free state. Everything south was a slave state.
Missouri
Where did Gettysburg take place?
Pennsylvania (Union Territory, Final Invasion attempt!)
What was the capital of the Union? What about the Confederacy?
Washington DC, Richmond
What was the name of the organization that helped ex-slaves and other sharecroppers/poor people in the south?
Freedmen's Bureau
What did the 15th amendment do?
Gave all males voting rights (Black and White)
What would happen if slaves escaped into free states?
They would still be liable to getting captured
Why couldn't the south get the resources it desperately needed?
Blockade/lack of industry!
Where did the Emancipation Proclamation free slaves (announced during Civil War)?
Confederate States
Under which Reconstruction era were Black politicians elected in greater numbers than ever before? Johnson Reconstruction or Radical (Republican) Reconstruction?
Radical (Republican) Reconstruction
What did the 13th Amendment do?
Completely banned slavery
What was the original goal of the Union (Before the emancipation proclamation)?
To bring the union back together
Where did Fort Sumter (The first battle) happen?
South Carolina!
Which two cities did Sherman march between in order to destroy large amounts of the south (and destroy southern morale)?
Atlanta and Savannah!
True or False: President Johnson forced the state governments of the South to protect Black civil rights (voting, etc.)
FALSE
What did the 14th amendment ensure?
All humans (Black or White) are citizens and are entitled to full rights
What made the North and South different (Culturally, economically, etc.)?
North had more industry, South kept to plantation farming, North was more and more opposed to slavery, South was not
Which bodies of water did the Union wish to control under its Anaconda Plan (The Union Blockade)
Mississippi river, Gulf of Mexico, Atlantic Ocean
What was a result of the Battle of Vicksburg?
When it came to sharecropping, who owned the land?
The former slave owners
14th and 15th: Radical (Republican)
What was the result of the Dred Scott decision?
Black people did not have to be given full rights
What was the bloodiest battle of the Civil War? What was the bloodiest SINGLE day?
Gettysburg was bloodiest battle. Antietam was bloodiest single day.
The idea that different territories should have the ability to decide on their own whether to be slave or free states (not Congress)
Popular Sovereignty (Used in Kansas and Nebraska)
Why was it hard for ex-slaves to leave the plantations even after slavery ended?
Vagrancy laws, sharecropping, financial dependency, etc.
How did the 13th Amendment get passed in southern states?
It was a requirement if they wanted to get representation in Congress again