Causes of the Civil War
What was the main economic difference between the North and South leading up to the Civil War?
North was more industrialized, South was focused on agriculture and slavery.
What was the significance of the 54th Massachusetts Regiment in the Civil War?
First All-Black regiment in the Union Army
What did the 13th Amendment Accomplish
Abolished Slavery in the USA
Federally legal segregation against Black Americans
How did the election of 1860 help start the Civil War?
When Abraham Lincoln was elected, the South feared he would move to abolish slavery completely.
What was Abraham Lincoln's stance on slavery at the beginning of the Civil War?
To stop the spread of slavery, but not abolish it from states it currently existed in.
What was the outcome fo the Battle of Gettysburg?
The Union won, forcing General Robert E. Lee and his Confederate Army to retreat back to the South.
Name one method that Southern States used to limit African Americans' rights during Reconstruction
Black Codes
What did the Supreme Court decide in Plessy v. Ferguson?
Racial Segregation was Constitutional, and upheld Jim Crow Laws
Describe "Bleeding Kansas"
A series of violent confrontations between pro-slavery and anti-slavery groups in the Kansas and Nebraska Territories.
What document changed Lincoln's stance on Slavery?
Emancipation Proclamation
How did the bravery of the 54th Massachusetts Regiment influence the War?
Swayed public favor to the North, encouraged more Black soldiers to sign up for the War (180,000 soldiers)
Name one Method that Southern States used to Disenfranchise Black Americans and try to take away their rights to vote
Literacy Tests, Grandfather Clauses, Poll Taxes
What group tried to violently intimidate Black Americans during Reconstruction?
The Ku Klux Klan
How did the publication of Uncle Tom's Cabin influence the abolitionist movement?
Exposed the brutalities of slavery to a wide audience and increased support for the abolitionist movement in the North.
What was the significance of the Battle of Antietam?
Bloodiest single day in American History; Emancipation Proclamation came right after it, Major Emotional victory for the North
Why was Vicksburg a strategic location during the War?
Controlled access to the Mississippi River, which was a vital supply route for the South.
What was the compromise of 1877, and what did it accomplish?
Gave Rutherford B. Hayes the presidency, took federal soldiers out of the South, effectively ending Reconstruction.
In what ways did Jim Crow laws specifically target Black Americans?
"Separate but Equal" but nothing was ever equal for Black Americans
What was the Fugitive Slave Act?
Forced runaway slaves caught in the North back to their owners in the South
Why did the Southern States secede from thee Union, and what are some of the "other reasons" they claim to have seceded for?
Reason was Slavery. Other "reasons" were states rights
Where did Robert E. Lee surrender to Ulysses S. Grant?
Appomattox Court House
How did economic systems like sharecropping restrict economic opportunities for Black Americans?
Trapped Black families in cycles of debt and dependency on White landowners
How long did Jim Crow laws last in the United States?
1880s-1960s. Over 80 years