Tennessee in the Civil War
Reconstruction and Constitutional Changes
Difficulties for Newly Freed Slaves
Vocabulary
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In which region of the United States was the practice of slavery concentrated?
What is number 2.
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- It allowed cotton lint to be produced quickly and efficiently.
- It made the United States the leading producer of cotton.
- It increased the demand for slaves to plant and pick the cotton.
- Because of it, plantations grew, often resulting in poor living and working condition.
- This was the invention being described form the late 1800's
What is the cotton gin
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Which statement would MOST LIKELY be made by a plantation owner in the build-up to the Civil War?
- "I am scared! My master told me that Northerners are not like any white people I have ever met before. He told me they will burn down this beautiful house and turn me out onto the street. I have only ever known this place.”
- "I have long been opposed to the institution of slavery, but kept quiet about the issue. Now, more and more people are starting to see the issue of slavery the way my family and my
- "Northerners just want a piece of my wealth. They pushed for new tariffs on cotton and issued Embargo acts to make it harder for me to trade with England. They judge me for owning slaves, but would do the same if they lived here."
What is
"Northerners just want a piece of my wealth. They pushed for new tariffs on cotton and issued Embargo acts to make it harder for me to trade with England. They judge me for owning slaves, but would do the same if they lived here."
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Secession is ....
What is leaving the Union
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They are the Ku Klux Klan
Who are a group of people that used violence against African Americans. They believed in Vigilante Justice.
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This battle signified the end of the civil war in Tennessee
What is the battle of Nashville
200
In Virginia during the 1600s, many tobacco plantations were established. These plantations were successful because they needed this most.
What is a large inexpensive workforce
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Tennessee's Constitution of 1870 differed from the state's previous Constitutions.
WHat is it specifically banned slavery
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The poll tax that was implemented
What is a fee that people had to pay to vote
200
This was Reconstruction in the United states
What is the time after the Civil War when the South was rebuilt
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This battle resulted in the highest percentage of casualties on both sides.
What is the Battle of Stones River
300
This Battle was not a Union victory
Where is Brentwood
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This seal of Fisk University in Nashville contains the date 1866, the year it was founded. What is significant about this date in the founding of Fisk?
It was founded the year after slavery was officially abolished in the United States.
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Segregation in the U.S.
What is Keeping races apart
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Which area on the map represents the region where sharecropping was the main form of agricultural production in the late-1800s?
What is area 3
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The capture of Fort Donelson was a crucial victory for the North for many reasons. This was not one of them
What is it was the last battle of the civil war
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Tennessee bears the distinction of being the last state to secede from the Union as well as being this
What is the first state to re-enter the Union after the Civil War
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The 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments impacted this group most
Who are African Americans
400
These are Jim Crow laws
What is laws that enforced segregation
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This Amendment gave all United States Citizens the right to vote
WHat is the 15th amendment
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Which number on the timeline represents the period in which the Civil War was fought?
What is the number 5
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Which is the BEST example of how Reconstruction affected politics in the South in the late 1800's?
- Many African-Americans moved to cities in search of work in factories.
- The Freedman’s Bureau was created to provide clothing, food, water, health care, education, and jobs for ex-slaves.
- Many African-Americans turned to a life of sharecropping to provide for their families after slavery was abolished.
- Passage of the Fifteenth Amendment guaranteed voting rights for African-Americans and gave them a greater voice in government.
What is the Passage of the Fifteenth Amendment guaranteed voting rights for African-Americans and gave them a greater voice in government.
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"Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction."
- The Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, 1865
Which statement describes the effect that the Thirteenth Amendment had on American society?
What is slavery was made illegal in the United states
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These are Black Codes
What is laws that limited freedoms of African Americans
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Amendment XV Section 1.
The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.
The Fifteenth Amendment to the US Constitution was intended to grant voting rights to which group?
WHo are freed slaves