History 1
Which of the following people was NOT a candidate in the presidential election of 1860?
Douglas, Lincoln, Davis, or Breckinridge
Davis
What was the main idea of the 13th Amendment?
Slavery is illegal
What is the main idea of the 14th Amendment?
Everyone born in the US is a citizen
What is the main idea of the 15th Amendment?
Everyone could vote and can't be denied based on race
fought in familiar territory, produced 90% of the goods in America, or had a smaller economy?
produced 90% of the goods in America
Who assassinated Abraham Lincoln?
John Wilkes Booth
Who was the President of the Union?
Who was the Union Army General?
Grant
Who was the President of the Confederacy?
Davis
Who was the Confederate Army General?
Lee
Describe life for an enslaved person in the South.
viewed as property and had no legal rights. work with no pay. couldn't learn to read or write.
What did the Emancipation Proclamation do? Who issued it? Why?
was a statement by Lincoln that freed all enslaved people living in the South so they could encourage them to fight in the Union
What was the main idea of the Gettysburg Address?
redined the Civil War by connecting the sacrifice to the Founding Fathers
Name a reason why people would fight in the Civil War.
self-defense, peace, to keep slavery, to end slavery
What was one main cause of the Civil War?
slavery
Southerners wanted slavery and Northerners did not
Why was the Presidential election of 1860 another cause for the Civil War?
the southerners didn't like Lincoln because he wanted to end slavery
Slavery is illegal. What amendment is this?
13th
Who was the Confederate Army General?
Robert E. Lee
Everyone born in the US was a citizen. What amendment is this?
14th
Abraham Lincoln was the _________.
President of the Union
John Wilkes Booth assassinated who?
Abraham Lincoln
What statement said that enslaved people in the south could be freed to come fight for the Union?
Emancipation Proclamation
What was one reason that people fought in the Civil War?
to end slavery/keep slavery
What was the main idea of the 15th Amendment?
Everyone could vote