Pre-Civil War
Major concerns during 1820-1860 in the United States?
Spread of Slavery
In what section of the country were plantations most common?
The South
What is an Abolitionist?
A person who is AGAINST slavery
What were the two sides of the CIVIL WAR?
North- Union Army South- Confederate Army
What was the purpose of Reconstruction?
Restore of Rebuild the South after the Civil War
States Rights, Extension of Slavery, Sectionalism, Secession were all causes of what?
Civil War
What is Sectionalism?
The love for ones section more then the whole. (NORTH/SOUTH)
Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote this book about the horrors of Slavery that sold 1 million copies... Second to only the bible.
Uncle Toms Cabin
Who won the Civil War?
The North
What are three ways to that the South tried to prevent Freed Men from voting?
Poll Taxes, Literacy Tests, Grandfather Clause
What was President Lincoln's PRIMARY goal leading into the Civil War?
Preserve the Union, Maintain the Union
What type of geographic conditions existed in the South that promoted agriculture? (Plantations)
Fertile Soil... Warm Climate... Short Winters...
Who was Elected President in 1860?
Abraham Lincoln
What speech was given by President Lincoln after a major battle victory that became one of the greatest speeches of American History. Very Short.
Gettysburg Address
What were the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments?
13th- Abolishment of Slavery
14th- Citizenship to all
15th- Freedmen have the right to Vote
Missouri Compromise, Compromise of 1850, and Kansas Nebraska Act were all compromises that dealt with the issue of what?
Extension of Slavery, Adding Slave States
What was sharecropping?
System of agriculture in which a landowner allows a tenant to use the land in return for a share of the crops
What did the South do immediately after the election of 1860?
Seceded from the Union. LEFT the Union (South Carolina)
Major advantage that the North had over the South during the war?
More people (human resource) and war material
What were the laws called that segregated the South and limited the rights of the freedmen?
The Black Codes and Jim Crow Laws
What type of economies did the North and the South have prior to the Civil War?
North- Manufacturing South- Agriculture
What does Popular Sovereignty mean?
People get to choose/vote. People of the power not the government.
What was the New Country in the South called?
The Confederate States of America
Who was the famous General of the Confederate Army?
Robert E. Lee
Reconstructed ended after Rutherford B. Hayes was elected and promised to do what?
Withdraw federal troops from the South