Causes of Civil War
Why did the South want to keep slavery?
Their economy depended on slavery
The official name for the North during the Civil War
Union
What are Black codes
A Law that Limited the rights of African Americans
What was the name of Abraham Lincoln Famous speech in 1863
Gettysburg address
The 13th Amendment to the Constitution abolished slavery. True / False
True
Which battle started the Civil war
Battle of Fort Sumter
What was known as one of the deadliest battles in the Civil War
Battle of Gettysburg
Time period after the Civil War when the U.S. worked to rebuild southern states?
Reconstuction
What does it mean to withdraw or leave a country officially?
Secede/Secession
Who was the president of the United States during the civil war and when was he elected?
Abraham Lincoln and in 1861
What Did the Southern states do that led to the start of the Civil War?
They seceded from the union
What was the Fugitive Slave Law?
a law that required the return of escaped slaves to their owners, even if the slaves were in a free state
Free slaves began to do to make money in the South
Sharecropping
A Popular movement in the North that wanted to end Slavery?
Abolition Movement
Who was the president of the Confederacy?
Jefferson Davis
What does each letter in Tissues stand for?
Tariffs, Industry vs Agriculture, Slavery, Sectionalism, Uncle Tom Cabin,Election 1860, States Right
Which Battle gave the Union control of the Mississippi River
Battle of Vicksburg
What was the purpose of the Freedmen's Bureau?
To provide food,h ousing, and medical aid to former slaves and poor whites in the south.
The 14 amendment
What did the Emancipation Proclamation do?
It allowed all slaves in the confederate states to be free.
What was the Compromise of 1850?
to balance the power between free and slave states in the United States
What was the last battle of the Civil War
Battle of Palmito Ranch
What were the years of Reconstruction? ____ to ____
1863 to 1877
What word mean to free slaves?
Emancipate
What was the purpose of the reconstruction era?
To rebuild the southern states after the Civil war