Causes
Why were southerners opposed to the abolition of slavery?
It would ruin their economy
Who wrote the Emancipation Proclamation
Abraham Lincoln
What strategy squeezed the life out of the South by blocking sea ports?
Anaconda Plan
In the Compromise of 1877 that ended Reconstruction, Republicans agreed to
withdraw federal troops from the South
What was the southern economy based on?
Agriculture and Slavery
What political party did the north follow?
Republicans
Which African American leader fought to educate other African Americans by setting up the Tuskegee Institute?
Booker T. Washington
What marked the beginning of the Civil War?
Battle of Fort Sumter
The amendment which states that no one can be kept from voting because of "race, color, or previous condition of servitude" is the
15th
Which slaves were freed by the Emancipation Proclamation?
Slaves in the Confederacy
What was Bloody Kansas?
Widespread violence across the territory over slavery
Who was the President of the Confederacy?
Jefferson Davis
Which country's strategy relied on trade with Great Britain?
Confederate States of America/Confederacy
What federal agency was set up to provide former slaves with food, clothing, and education?
Freedmen's Bureau
What was the twelve-year period following the U.S. Civil War in which the South's social, economic, and political systems had to be rebuilt?
Reconstruction
What event directly preceded secession?
Election of Abraham Lincoln
Who led a march from Atlanta to Savannah that destroyed buildings, farmland, and homes?
General William T. Sherman
What was the name for William T. Sherman's journey from Atlanta, GA to Savannah, GA?
March to the Sea
The amendment which made "all persons born or naturalized in the United States" citizens of the country was the
14th
This compromise led to the strengthening of the Fugitive Slave Act that allowed "slave catchers" to forcibly bring African Americans back to the South.
Compromise of 1850
What did the Kansas-Nebraska Act declare?
Territories could use popular sovereignty to decide if they would enter the Union as a slave state
Who lead the Raid on Harper's Ferry?
John Brown
Which country won the battles at Antietam and Gettysburg?
United States of America/Union
were codes that were designed to give the state control over blacks' behavior, and particularly, their labor. They placed harsh economic and social restrictions on the blacks.
Black codes
This Supreme Court case involved an enslaved man suing for his freedom after being brought by his master to a free state.
Dred Scott v. Sanford