Election of 1860
Who won the most electoral votes of any presidential candidate in the election of 1860?
Abraham Lincoln
What is the main idea of the 13th amendment?
Slavery is illegal.
Which of these had the advantage of fighting in familiar territory?
Confederacy
Name one effect of the Emancipation Proclamation issued by Abraham Lincoln.
(1) All enslaved people living in the Confederacy were freed.
(2) Black men were able to join the Union Army.
(3) Fugitive Slave Act could legally be ignored.
This person was president of the Confederacy.
Jefferson Davis
Which democratic candidate won the majority of the electoral vote in the South due to his support of slavery in the South and in the western territories but his opposition to homesteads and a Transcontinental Railroad if it did not benefit the South?
John C. Breckenridge
What is the main idea of the 14th amendment?
Everyone born in the United States is a citizen and must be treated equally.
Which of these had the advantage of having a greater population (2.5 to 1)?
Union
Name one reason (cause) why people fought in the Civil War.
1) protecting rights
(2) self defense
(3) peace
(4) preservation of the Union
(5) obeying orders
(6) preserving slavery
(7) ending slavery
This person shot and killed Abraham Lincoln
John Wilkes Booth
Which candidate believed in preserving the Union and Constitution and in obeying all laws.
John Bell
What is the main idea of the 15th amendment?
The right of citizens to vote should not be denied based on race.
Which of these had the advantage of having more military colleges?
Confederacy
Name one significant event that increased tensions leading into the Civil War.
1) Compromise of 1850
2) Publication of Uncle Tom's Cabin
3) John Brown's raid at Harper's Ferry
4) Bleeding Kansas
5) Dred Scott vs. Sanford - U.S. Supreme Court decision
This person led the Union Army to victory and was known for his tough fighting strategies.
Ulysses S Grant
Which candidate received the 2nd most popular votes but the least amount of electoral votes?
Stephen A. Douglas
Name one Reconstruction Era policy (other than the amendments that were passed) concerning formerly enslaved people.
(1) Sharecropping - formerly enslaved people could work for pay on plantations.
(2) Segregated schools were built.
Which of these had the advantage of producing 90% of the goods in America?
What was the main idea/ the intended effect of the Gettysburg Address?
To redefine the Civil War as a fight for freedom and equality by connecting the sacrifice at Gettysburg to the sacrifice of the Founding Fathers.
This general surrendered to the Union Army at Appomattox Courthouse on April 9, 1845.
Robert E. Lee
Electoral College
Name one Reconstruction Era policy (other than the amendments that were passed) concerning former Confederates.
(1) Southern leaders would not be not tried for treason.
(2) Southern states were to rewrite their constitutions to be admitted back into the Union.
(3) The South would be divided into 5 zones, each with a general to act as temporary government.
(4) Taxes would be raised to rebuild.
Which of these had the advantage of having both an agricultural and industrial economy?
Union
What was life like (effects) for an enslaved person in the South? Describe effects.
1. viewed as property
2. subject to cruel punishment
3. no access to eduction/not allowed to read/write
4. work without pay
5. rebellious against enslavers
Which class of people (in the North) held most of the political and economic power leading up to the Civil War?
Northern Elites