Road to Civil War/ Causes
His election began the secession of Southern states, ultimately sparking the beginning of the Civil War.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
The bloodiest single day battle in American military history, this turning point event pressured President Lincoln to change the course of the war and issue the Emancipation Proclamation.
What is Antietam?
This ends slavery in all Confederate states starting January 1, 1863.
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
This group was formed in the years after the civil war to oppose federal Reconstruction efforts and defend white supremacy in the South.
What is the Ku Klux Klan?
Lincoln's ultimate goal as the Civil War began, one that he never got the chance to see.
What is "keeping the country united?"
When the Kansas-Nebraska Act was passed, allowing popular sovereignty to decide the issue of slavery in those territories, a decade of violent confrontation ensued. This was called...
What is "Bleeding Kansas?"
The first major battle of the Civil War, an early Confederate victory that gave a morale boost to Confederate soldiers.
What is First Bull Run (Manassas)?
This officially and permanently ends slavery or involuntary servitude in the United States.
What is the 13th Amendment?
Who is Andrew Johnson?
The attempt at economic independence for newly freed slaves, this system of renting land from a white landowner usually kept former slaves in a cycle of debt.
What is sharecropping or tenant farming?
What is the Compromise of 1850?
Union forces took control of the Mississippi River and successfully split the Confederacy in two after almost 2 months of battle in this key event.
What is Vicksburg?
This Supreme Court case was extremely controversial when it was ruled that slaves were considered "property" and the expansion of slavery could not be interfered with by the federal government.
What is the Dred Scott case?
This federal government program was created and funded to provide basic necessities and services like medical care, education and food to newly freed slaves after the Civil War.
What is the Freedmen's Bureau?
During Reconstruction, many Southern cities enacted their own set of "laws" or rules meant to restrict the freedoms of African Americans. These were called...
What were "black codes?"
A successful slave revolt in this Caribbean country added to Southern fear and resulted in a crackdown on slave movement and communications throughout the South before the Civil War.
What is Haiti?
After a devastating loss in this key 3-day battle, General Lee and the Confederate troops give up hope of invading further North.
What is Gettysburg?
This gives the right to vote to all men over the age of 21 regardless of race.
What is the 15th Amendment?
The nickname given to a Northerner who moved South after the Civil War, often looking to profit from Reconstruction.
What is a "carpetbagger?"
Identify 2 ways that African Americans were kept from voting during Reconstruction.
Attempting (but failing) to begin a slave revolt in Virginia in 1859, he became known as the "meteor of the war".
Who is John Brown (Raid on Harper's Ferry)?
At the onset (beginning) of the war he Union strategy of surrounding the Confederacy from all sides was called this.
What is the "Ananconda Plan?"
To ensure that Southern states were complying with Reconstruction laws, this was passed to divide the South into military districts and impose "military rule".
What is the Reconstruction Act of 1867?
This was the Radical Republican (Congressional) plan for re-admitting Southern states back into the union and was seen as much harsher than other options.
What is the Wade-Davis Bill?
Toward the end of the Civil War the Union strategy, led by General Sherman, was to destroy the South beyond repair. This strategy is known as...
What is "total war?"