Causes of and Events Leading to the American Civil War
Reconstruction
The War
Texas
Compromises and Amendments
100
It increased the need and value of slaves
What was the invention of the cotton gin?
100
Helped African Americans find jobs, provided African Americans with health care, set up schools for African American children
What did the Freedmen's Bureau do?
100
Fort Sumter
What was the first battle of the American Civil War?
100
He would not take the oath of allegiance to the Confederacy
Why was Sam Houston removed as governor?
100
Kept the number of free and slave states equal
What was the Missouri Compromise?
200
Cotton
What was the South's chief cash crop that Southerners used slave labor to plant and harvest?
200
Limited the rights of African Americans, forced African Americans who did not have a job to work, prevented African Americans to serve on juries, prevented African Americans from holding public office
What did the "Black Codes" do?
200
Why the population of the Confederacy suffered shortages of goods
What was the Union Blockade?
200
German immigrants, Texas frontier settlers, Texas settlers who originally came from the North
Who were likely to be Unionists?
200
Gave states and territories popular sovereignty
What was the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
300
It allowed these territories popular sovereignty.
Why did many Southerners support the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
300
They wanted major changes in Texas government, they wanted more rights for African Americans, they wanted more Unionists to govern Texas
What was a goal of the Radical Republicans?
300
Freed all slaves in the Confederacy.
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
300
Texas became a Confederate state
Why did Texas write a new constitution in 1861?
300
Ended slavery
What is the 13th Amendment?
400
Dred Scott Decision, disputes over tariffs, disputes over states' rights, Kansas-Nebraska Act
What caused tensions between North and South?
400
Republicans
Which political party did Texans dislike and refuse to vote for after Reconstruction?
400
Strong government and president, greater manufacturing capability, strong navy and a large merchant fleet
What were Northern Advantages?
400
They considered slavery vital to the economy
Why did Texas (and other southern states) secede from the Union?
400
Gave African Americans citizenship
What is the 14th Amendment?
500
They could go bankrupt if European countries did not buy their cotton
Why did Southern states oppose tariffs?
500
Wanted military occupation of the South and wanted to punish the South.
What was Congressional Reconstruction?
500
Agricultural economy, inferior infrastructure, threat of slave rebellion
What were Southern Disadvantages?
500
Why the Battle of Palmito Ranch was fought and slaves in Texas did not hear about the Emancipation Proclamation