Civil War and Lincoln
Westward Expansion and Economics
Pre-War Problems
Post-War Problems
100
What is the speech given by Abraham Lincoln that proclaimed slavery in the rebellious states?
The Emancipation Proclamation
100
California was admitted as a slave or free state?
Free State
100
What was the book, written by Harriet Beecher Stowe, that featured an anti-slavery Narrative?
Uncle Tom's Cabin
100
Which government agency was enacted to help resolve racial problems in the South?
Freedmen's Bureau
200
What was the first state to secede from the union?
South Carolina in 1860
200
Texas is brought into the Union as a slave or free state?
Slave state.
200
Slave Rebellions in the South resulted in what for slaves on plantations?
Increased slave laws and stricter restrictions on slave rights.
200
Who was the 18th president, who won off the back of African ex-slaves votes?
Ulysses S. Grant
300
Which amendment to the Constitution declared that all slaves were free?
The Thirteenth Amendment.
300
Why did the economy in the South fail during the war while the Union's flourished?
1) An economy based on cotton, that primarily traded with the North for processed goods. 2) The Anaconda Plan, which restricted the CSA's ability to trade with Europe.
300
The Dred Scott vs. Sanford court decision stated what...?
No African American could be a citizen of the United States.
300
What laws were put in place to imitate the slave codes after the Civil War?
The Jim Crow laws.
400
Who was tasked with the assassination of Vice President Andrew Johnson?
George Atzerodt, who got drunk and abandoned the plot.
400
As new territories gained independence, what was their general attitude towards slavery?
Most were anti-slavery, which would upset the balance in Congress as they became states.
400
The Slave Fugitive Act states...?
That runaway slaves are to be returned to their masters without a trial.
400
What is the league with the sole purpose to suppress African-American voters and end Reconstruction in the South?
The White League, started in 1874.
500
How many states were in the Confederacy?
11 states
500
What is the line that restricted slavery in the North?
The 36°30' Line from the Missouri Compromise.
500
What are the 3 main defenses for slavery?
1) Bible condoned the use of slavery. 2) Southern American economy based on the labor of slaves. 3) Mudsill Argument: there has to be a lower class for the upper class to rest upon.
500
What is the court case that upheld segregation under the doctrine of "separate but equal"?
Plessy v. Ferguson
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