Causes
Why were Southerners opposed to the abolition of slavery?
It would ruin their slave economy.
What was the title of the speech Lincoln gave to free the slaves?
The Emancipation Proclamation.
Why did Northerners lose interest in Reconstruction in the 1870’s?
They became more interested in industrial and western expansion.
In the Compromise of 1877 that ended Reconstruction, Republicans agreed to
withdraw federal troops from the South
What was the southern economy based on?
Cotton and Agriculture.
What about the northern economy made slavery less necessary?
The North was more industrial and didn’t have large plantations.
Which General surrendered at Appomattox Court House?
General Robert E. Lee.
What battle marked the beginning of the Civil War?
The Battle at Fort Sumpter.
Which amendment which states that no one can be kept from voting because of "race, color, or previous condition of servitude"?
The Fifteenth Amendment.
What were some effects of the war on the South?
Cities, plantations and infrastructure were destroyed.
Besides slavery, what other major issue increases tensions between the Union and the Confederacy?
The issue of states’ rights.
Who was the President of the Confederacy?
Jefferson Davis.
Who were the people who believed that slavery should be against the law?
Abolitionists.
The Freedman’s Bureau was established to do what?
To provide former slaves with food, clothing, and education.
Who won the Civil War?
The Union (North).
What event caused 11 states to secede from the Union and directly caused the Civil War?
The election of President Abraham Lincoln.
Who led a march from Atlanta to Savannah that burned buildings, farmland, and homes on the way?
General William T. Sherman.
The Union represented the _______ part of the US.
northern.
Which amendment made "all persons born or naturalized in the United States" citizens of the US and of their home state?
The Fourteenth Amendment.
What happened to the southern economy during the war?
High Inflation drove up prices
Which state was the first state to secede from the Union?
South Carolina.
In addition to dying from the war, civil war soldiers were just as likely to die from this?
Disease and infection
The Confederacy represented the _______ part of the US.
southern.
Which codes were designed to give the state control over blacks people’s behavior, labor and also placed harsh economic and social restrictions on blacks?
The Black codes.