Sectionalism & Road to the Civil War
The South's economic system was based on what?
Plantations/Agriculture/Slaves/Cotton
At the beginning of the Civil War, Lincoln’s main goal was to do what?
Preserve the Union/show democracy can still work.
What battle was considered a major turning point because Lee’s invasion of the North failed?
The Battle of Gettysburg
Radical Republicans believed Lincoln’s Reconstruction plan was too what toward the South?
Too lenient.
This belief stated that the United States was meant to expand across North America.
Manifest Destiny.
This invention made cotton production much faster and increased the demand for enslaved workers.
The Cotton Gin
What were three advantages the North had over the South before the Civil War Started?
More railroads, industry, money, supplies, and a higher population.
This document declared enslaved people in Confederate territory to be free.
Emancipation Proclamation
Southern states passed these laws to restrict the rights and freedoms of African Americans after the Civil War.
Black Codes.
This Supreme Court power allows laws to be declared unconstitutional.
Judicial Review.
This idea allowed settlers in territories to vote on the slavery issue themselves.
popular sovereignty
The Union planned to weaken the South by blockading ports and controlling this major river.
Mississippi River
Why did Lincoln feel the need to wait to announce the Emancipation Proclamation?
This amendment guaranteed citizenship and equal protection under the law.
Fourteenth Amendment
This unfair political deal between Henry Clay and John Q. Adams after the election of 1824 became known as what?
The Corrupt Bargain.
Violent fighting between pro-slavery and anti-slavery groups in Kansas became known by this name.
Bleeding Kansas
Early battles like Bull Run taught Americans what important lesson about the Civil War?
The war would be long and costly.
Lincoln gave this famous speech after the Battle of Gettysburg that redefined the Civil War as a fight for equality and democracy.
The Gettysburg Address
This compromise officially ended Reconstruction after federal troops were removed from the South.
Compromise of 1877.
What did Andrew Jackson order his Secretary of treasury to do that lead up the the National Bank closing?
Put federal funding in Pet Banks (State Banks) instead of the National Bank.
This abolitionist raided Harpers Ferry hoping to start a slave rebellion in the South.
John Brown
Robert E. Lee surrenders (Confederate) to U.S. Grant (Union) at what location?
Appomattox Court House
Lincoln suspended this constitutional right, allowing people to be jailed without trial during the war.
Habeas Corpus
Explain what happened after the Compromise of 1877 when the Radicals gave power over to the Democrats.
The South started ignoring/suspending protections for African Americans and passing Jim Crow segregation laws.
This treaty ended the Mexican-American War and gave a large amount of land to the United States.
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo