Pre-Civil War
How did the Mexican Cession create sectional tension throughout the 1850s?
territorial expansion led to intense debates about the extension of slavery into the new areas
Seamstress, Laundress, Cook, Etc.
Purpose of the Freedman's Bureau
To help African Americans in the South in making the change from slavery
Amendments that provided African Americans with greater access to the government
(must have 3 items stated)
correct answer= 200 points!
13th,14th, & 15th Amendments
Who was arrested for leading a raid at Harper's Ferry, Virginia?
John Brown!!
Who was William Lloyd Garrison and why did he publish the Liberator?
An abolitionist, to discourage slavery
In the election of 1860 what was Lincoln's stance on slavery?
slavery should not be allowed to expand into the territories
The 14th Amendment directly repudiated which supreme court case?
Dred Scott v. Sanford
What was the 13th Amendment?
abolished slavery
Southern state laws that restrict the rights of free African Americans
Black Codes
Why would politicians in the South support the statement "You dare not make war on King Cotton"?
Cotton was the largest and most valuable export for the entire nation
What battle was the turning point of the Civil War?
Battle of Gettysburg
Primary goal of the Ku Klux Klan in the 1860's
intimated Republican voters in the South
(mainly African Americans)
What was Lincoln's message in his 1st Inaugural Address?
to preserve, protect and defend the Union and hopefully gain the South back
A new system of labor was necessary after the Civil War. Former slaves rented and farmed land from their old masters. What was this new system?
Sharecropping
Legislation ruled unconstitutional in the Dred Scott decision
Missouri Compromise: 1820
DAILY DOUBLE!! What was Sherman's March?
Gen. Sherman burned down Atlanta to Savannah to frighten Georgia's civilian population into abandoning the Confederate cause
Scalawags!
Negative term that is associated with northern people who came to help freed slaves
Carpetbaggers!
What compromise allowed California to be a free state while Utah & New Mexico would be based off of popular sovereignty?
The Compromise of 1850
Impact of the Emancipation Proclamation
made the abolition of slavery a primary goal of the war
What is the 15th Amendment?
Provided suffrage rights to all male citizens (including African Americans)
How did the ruling of Dred Scott increase sectional tension (name two impactful decisions)
1. Ruling declared slaves were not citizens
2. Ruled the Missouri Compromise as unconstitutional
Decisions from the following Supreme Court cases affected the federal government in what way?
-Marbury v. Madison
-McCulloch v, Maryland
-Gibbons v. Ogden
Strengthened the powers of the federal government