Closer Look at Slavery
What were 3 ways enslaved people rebelled or resisted?
Purposely working slower, breaking equipment, faking illness, poisoning their enslaver, Underground Railroad, learning to read/write
What was the Underground Railroad?
A secret network of tunnels that help enslaved people in the South escape to the North. It was run by famous conductors such as Harriet Tubman and Frederick Douglas
Where was the first attack that started the Civil War?
Fort Sumter
After which battle did Lincoln issue the Emancipation Proclamation?
Battle of Antietam
What were African Americans fighting for in the Civil War?
The basic human right to be free
How did the Triangular trade function in the 1600s-1700's?
Europe to Africa: manufactured goods for enslaved African people
Africa to Americas: most inhumane part of the journey, transported enslaved Africans to the Americas
Americas to Europe: Enslaved Africans sold to plantation owners, raw materials
What was the impact of the Dred-Scott case?
Dred Scott tried to sue for his freedom saying he had lived in free territories before, but his case was rejected since Black Americans were not considered citizens/had any basic human rights protected under the Constitution.
Battle of Antietam?
Deadliest one-day battle with the most amount of casualties in US history. Ended in a tie but technically considered a Union victory
What did the Emancipation Proclamation say?
As of January 1 st , 1863 all slaves only in the Confederacy will be free. The Border States, who are not in rebellion, will not have to free their slaves.
What invention in the South boosted the economy of the South
Cotton gin
What were the experiences of free Black people in the North and South? What were the bigger restrictions for those living in the South?
Still faced unequal treatment, couldn't find well-paying jobs, separate facilities; South had Slave Codes (actual laws) that restricted and controlled the few free African Americans
What did Lincoln claim he wouldn't do with the South if he became president?
That he would take away their enslaved people, he was only trying to limit slavery's expansion
Who assassinated President Lincoln?
John Wilkes Booth
Why did Lincoln likely let the Union slave states (the border states) keep their slaves?
To keep them loyal to the Union cause during the war and prevent them from seceding with the CSA
What was the South's reason for fighting in the war?
preserve institution of slavery
fought for the CSA’s independence and their rights as individual state institutions
What was the South's reasoning for slavery? (2 parts)
Moral argument: Slavery was in the Bible so it's justified. They were also being "cared for"
Economic argument: The South's whole economy was completely dependent on agriculture and slave labor
Why was Lincoln's election significant?
It led to the secession of Southern states and the creation of the Confederate States of America (CSA)
Turned the war in favor of the Union, led to the surrender of the Confeds. 3 battle with the largest amount of casualties out of an battle in US history
Did the Emancipation Proclamation freed all slaves in the US? Explain the significance of this document
It freed all slaves ONLY in the Confederate states. Important first step in helping end slavery
What was the North's reason for fighting in the war initially vs later on in the war?
Initially fought to preserve the nation as a whole country. After the Emancipation Proclamation, it becomes a war about ending slavery
Who was Nat Turner? What impact did his actions have?
He led a rebellion, killing white families who owned plantations and highlighted the immoral injustices enslaved people experienced from slavery; caused harsher laws to be passed and increased violence towards enslaved people
What did the South push for in the territories of Kansas and Nebraska instead of automatically accepting them as free states from the Missouri Compromise?
Popular sovereignty- the popular vote of the citizens living there. They could decide whether they wanted to be free or slave states
Which speech is considered the most famous and important in US History? What did Lincoln talk about in this?
Gettysburg address. Redefined the purpose for fighting in the war, emphasized the ideals of liberty, equality, and democracy
What were 2 important effects of the Emancipation Proclamation?
- Instead of fighting to preserve the Union, the purpose was now about the abolition of slavery.
- Prevented European powers from entering the war and helping the South (Euro. countries needed the South’s cotton)
- Black people could now enlist in the army and help fight the cause
Were all Northerners fighting to end slavery? What was the North's reason for fighting in the war besides wanting to abolish slavery?
Anti-South feeling- saw South as traditional with their agricultural ways; also used South’s pro slavery stance as a justification to point them out as the bad guys. Some Northerners still saw Black people as the inferior race.