Causes
What are state's rights?
The rights and powers that the states have
What did the North's economy consist of?
Trade and manufacturing
Which state was first to secede from the Union?
South Carolina
What year did the Civil war begin?
1861
What was Reconstruction?
Government plan for after the civil war. It helped freedmen in the south receive equal protection under the law and restore the southern states to the Union.
What is popular sovereignty?
Rule by the people
What military tactic was used by the North to limit supplies to the South?
The Anaconda Plan
What did the South's economy consist of?
Cash crops and slaves worked on plantations
What did the Emancipation Proclamation state?
Issued freedom to all the slaves in the Confederate states, but not slaves in Border States loyal to the Union.
(Slaves were going to be free if all states in rebellion did not come back to the Union)
What 3 amendments were given to African Americans?
13th, 14th, 15th
What is sectionalism?
Loyalty to one's own section/region rather than the country as a whole.
What were some advantages of the North?
Railroads, factories, military and a larger population
Who was Robert E. Lee?
Military general for the Confederacy
What is the significance of Fort Sumter? Which state?
It was the first shot of the Civil War.
South Carolina
Who was President(s) during Reconstruction?
Abraham Lincoln
Andrew Johnson
Ulysses S. Grant (kinda)
What was the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
What was "Bleeding Kansas"?
Law requiring the use of popular sovereignty to determine the slavery question in remaining territories of Louisiana Purchase Reopening the slavery issue there.
Violent fights broke out in Kansas between abolitionists and pro slavery people. State abolitionists were armed and and some slave owners sent men to fight.
Who were the 3 key figures in the Union? (hint: President, commander of Union forces, and a general)
Lincoln, Ulysses S. Grant, and William T. Sherman
Who was Harriet Tubman? What did she establish?
She was a slave who escaped and went back to help others. She established the Underground Railroad which helped slaves to freedom.
Why was the Battle of Gettysburg important? Who gave a speech after the battle?
The battle at Gettysburg was important because it was a turning point in the Civil War. After this battle, the Confederacy did not have a chance to win the Civil War.
Abraham Lincoln
What was the Freedmen's Bureau?
It gave clothing, food, medical attention, education, and land to freed African Americans and some poorer whites.
What was the Dred-Scott decision?
If a slave owner and the slaves move to a free state, the slaves were still owned.
The North won the Civil War...
Which General of the Confederation surrendered?
Who did he surrender to (which Union General)?
Where?
Robert E. Lee
Ulysses S. Grant
Appomattox Court House
Who were the 2 key figures in the Confederation? (hint: President and military general)
Jefferson Davis and Robert E. Lee
What was the purpose of the Civil War?
North started out fighting to preserve the Union and evolved into fighting to end slavery with the Emancipation Proclamation. The South was fighting to preserve their way of life.
Was the 15th Amendment successful?
Directly following the Civil War, the 15th Amendment was not effective. Even though African Americans had the right to vote, many southern states required poll taxes and literacy tests. African Americans were too poor to pay poll taxes and, as slaves, they had not been taught to read.