Causes
This side had more economic advantages in the civil war and was therefore victorious
What is the North?
The Civil War president who wrote the Emancipation Proclamation
Who is Abraham Lincoln
This was created as an early compromise to establish which states would be free or slave states; establishing the 36'30 line at this states southern border
The Missouri Compromise
This terrorist organization attempted to keep African-Americans from exercising their new rights through tactics like lynching and burning crosses
What is the KKK?
What was the southern economy based on?
Cotton and Agriculture
The 10th Amendment States; The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.
What issue would states fight over leading to a war?
What is Slavery?
General Lee surrendered to this man at Appomattox Court House, who later became President during Reconstruction
Who is General Ulysses S. Grant
This amendment was added to the Constitution, officially outlawing enslavement in the U.S.
The 13th Amendment
Widespread violence across this territory over the issue of slavery (Hint: John Brown fought here and Mr. Bennett has 9 aunts/uncles born in this state)
What is kansas?
Who is Frederick Douglass?
The Freedman’s Bureau was established to:
What is provide former enslaved people with food, clothing, and education
These laws limited/prevented African Americans rights post–Civil War South by creating segregation in publci places
What are Jim Crow laws?
This event triggered the Secession of South Carolina in 1860.
Election of Lincoln
Led a march from Atlanta to Savannah that destroyed buildings, farmland, and homes. Also issued Field Order #15 entitling black men who fought for him 40 acres and a mule.
Who is General William T. Sherman?
Plessy V. Ferguson establsihed this as a legality in the U.S.
Segregation/Separate but Equal
The amendment which made "all persons born or naturalized in the United States" equal rights under the law
What is the 14th Amendment
Give TWO examples of voting rights restrictions that were implemented against African Americans
1) Poll Taxes
2) Literacy Tests
3) Grandfather Clauses
Along with founding the anit-slavery society, Abolitionist William Lloyd Garrison created a newspaper called...
What is the Liberator?
This man lead the Raid on Harper's Ferry in an attempt to start a slave rebellion
John Brown
In response to uprisings against the war, Lincoln suspended this, saying it would help to preserve the union
Habeaus Corpus
were codes that were designed to give the state control over black peoples' behavior, and particularly, their labor. They placed harsh economic and social restrictions on the black people.
Black codes
President Andrew Johnson's plan for reconstruction focused on.
What is healing?
What is taking an oath of allegiance to the Union