Civil War Vocab
loyalty to one's own region or section of the country, rather than to the country as a whole
Sectionalism
Which event first began sectionalist tensions
- Mexican Cession
- Oregon Territory
- louisiana Purchase
- Texas Annexation
Louisiana Purchase
Freedmens Bureau, passage of 14th Amendment, military occupation in the South are all elements of
Reconstruction
provided food, shelter, clothing, medical services, and land to displaced Southerners, including newly freed African Americans
Freedmen's Bureau
prominent leader of the NAACP
WEB Dubois
Something that contributed to growing Sectionalism
Missouri Compromise, Compromise of 1850, Kansas Nebraska Act, election of Lincoln, Dred Scott Decision, Bleeding Kansas, Raid on Harpers Ferry
court ruled slaves were property and not citizens
Dred Scott Decision
abolished slavery
13th Amendment
laws that created a system of legal segregation
Jim Crow Laws
a system where the landlord/planter allows a tenant to use the land in exchange for a share of the crop
Sharecropping
issued by Lincoln, declared "that all persons held as slaves" within the rebellious states "are, and henceforward shall be free."
Emancipation Proclamation
Where was the majority of manufacturing during the Civil War? (North, South, West)
North
gave citizenship and rights
14th Amendment
court case that upheld the Jim Crow Laws/segregation
Plessy V. Ferguson
codes that severely limited the rights of Black people
speech that Lincoln delivered during the American Civil War at the dedication of the Soldiers' National Cemetery
Gettysburg Address
First state to secede from the Union
South Carolina
gave right to vote regardless of race
15th Amendment
One way blacks were denied the right to vote
Grandfather Clause, Literacy Tests, Poll Tax, KKK
white supremacist, far-right terrorist organizations and hate groups
KKK
a person who favors the abolition of a practice or institution, like slavery
Abolitionist
first "battle" of the Civil War
Fort Sumter
group of people who supported the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendment as well as the Freedmen's Bureau
Radical Republicans
civil rights organization, formed in 1909 as an interracial endeavor to advance justice for African Americans
NAACP
The third planet from the sun
Earth