Causes
Slavery
Reconstruction
Imp. Events
War Geography
100

What immediately happened right after Lincoln was elected as President in 1860?  

Several states seceded from the Union.

100
People who didn’t believe in slavery were called what?
abolitionists
100

What was the purpose of Reconstruction?

to help the Southern States rejoin the Union again. 

100

What is the basis of the 13th Amendment? 

to outlaw slavery

100
In what part of the US were more battles fought: the North or the South?
South
200

What is loyalty to one's own region or section of the country called?  

sectionalism

200
What invention sped up the harvesting of cotton and increased the demand for slaves?
Eli Whitney's Cotton Gin
200

What was the OVERALL purpose of all the Reconstruction Amendments

to give all citizens equal protection and rights under the law

200

What is the basis of the 14th Amendment? 

said that all Black people were citizens of the U.S. and protected equally. 

200
The Union represented the __________ part of the US and the Confederacy represented the ________ part.
Northern; Southern
300

What was the purpose of the Reconstruction? 

to help the Southern States rejoin the Union again. 

300
What about the northern economy made slavery less necessary?
The north was more industrial and didn't have large plantations
300

How did the Civil War affect the North?

It helped industry grow and gave former slaves jobs.

300

What is the basis of the 15th Amendment?

To grant all men, regardless of race, the right to vote. 

300
Who won the Civil War?
The Union (North)
400

What were the Black Codes (also known as the Jim Crow Laws) ? 

they limited the freedom of African Americans and ensured their availability of a cheap labor force even after slavery was abolished.  

400
What about the southern economy made slavery seem necessary?
They were primarily agricultural and needed labor to help grow crops
400

How did the Civil War affect the South? 

They did not have factories to help with cotton production so they struggled.

400

What was the Kansas-Nebraska Act?

It repealed the Missouri Compromise and opened the Kansas and Nebraska territories up to slavery again.  Settlers rushed there to vote and many people were killed. (Bleeding Kansas) 

400
What were some effects of the war on the South?
Cities, buildings, and plantations were burned and destroyed. The results of the fighting were devastating.
500

Besides slavery, what other major issue increased tensions between the Union and Confederacy?

The issue of states' rights

500
Who was Harriet Tubman and how did she contribute to the Civil War?
She was an escaped slave that created the Underground Railroad
500

What was the title of Lincoln's speech to free the slaves called? 

The Emancipation Proclomation

500

What was the Missouri Compromise? 

Whenever a slave state was admitted to the union, there also had to be a free state admitted at the same time to balance out.  

500
What were the effects of the war on the North?
Because most of the battles were fought in the South, the North did not suffer nearly as much
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