Key Terms
What were people called who wanted to end slavery?
Abolitionists
Who wrote the book Uncle Tom's Cabin, which showed the evils of slavery and turned many people against it?
Harriet Beecher Stowe
The battle at this fort marked the start of the Civil War when Confederate soldiers fired at Union troops inside this fort and won.
Fort Sumter
This amendment freed slaves in all states and abolished slavery in the US and all it's territories.
13th
What were two main causes of the Civil War?
Slavery and State's Rights
What word means to leave and make one's own country?
Secede
Who was an abolitionist that led a raid on Harper's Ferry and was captured and found guilty of treason for being willing to resort to violence to end slavery?
John Brown
An important battle took place here and was a turning point in the Civil War. After this battle, the Confederacy did not have a chance to win the war.
Gettysburg
This amendment made all former slaves citizens of the United States and granted citizenship to all people born in the US and guaranteed them equal rights.
14th
Did former slaves benefit from sharecropping? Why or why not?
No, they made little profit so they had to keep working to pay off debt.
What belief is it that states have more power than the federal government and don't have to obey federal laws?
State's Rights
Who was the President of the United States when the southern states seceded, making him the president of the Union?
Abraham Lincoln
This was the place of an arsenal (gun facility) in West Virginia that was raided by John Brown.
Harper's Ferry
15th
Name a difference between the North and the South before the Civil War.
South:
Grew crops on plantations using slaves for labor.
Believed the rights of the state were more important than federal law.
North:
Believed federal law was more important than state law.
Had an industrial economy and relied on factories rather than slave labor.
What is a system of farming where plantation owners lend former slaves a place to live in exchange for growing crops called?
Sharecropping
Who was the president of the Confederate States of America?
Jefferson Davis
This is where the Civil War ended when Robert E. Lee surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant in Virginia on April 9, 1865.
Appomattox Courthouse
William T. Sherman moved his army from Tennessee to Atlanta where he fought against Confederate troops along the way causing a lot of damage and deconstruction.
Atlanta Campain
What are three things the Freedman's Bureau helped provide people with after the Civil War.
Food, clothing, shelter, education, medical care, legal aid
What laws punished African Americans?
Jim Crow Laws
What general was offered a position with the Union but decided to support Virginia and State's Rights, even though he opposed slavery?
Robert E. Lee
What US government agency was formed after the Civil War to help freed slaves?
Freedman's Bureau
When William T. Sherman's troops made it to Atlanta the traveled to Savannah, cutting supplies to Confederate soldiers.
Sherman's March to the Sea
Was the 15th amendment effective? Why or why not?
Not at first because slaves were required to pay poll taxes and pass literacy tests to vote. Many were poor and could not read.