Abolitionists
What is an abolitionist?
A person who wanted slavery to end.
When we talk about economy, what are we generally referring to?
Money and types of jobs
What was Abraham Lincoln's FIRST goal of the Civil War?
To keep the Union together.
What year was the Battle of Antietam fought in?
1862
Who assassinated President Lincoln?
John Wilkes Booth
Who are two famous abolitionists that we have talked in this unit?
Frederick Douglass, Harriet Tubman, William Lloyd Garrison
The economy in the South primarily focused on what?
Plantations/Farming and slavery
What did John Brown try to do in Harper's Ferry?
Steal weapons to help enslaved people fight back reach freedom.
How many thousands of people were killed, wounded, or missing after the battle?
23,000 people
What were two impacts of the Civil War on the Confederacy?
Loss of buildings/homes
Loss of crops/farm lands/farm animals
Money was worthless
Loss of income
What is the name of the secret passageway used by abolitionists and enslaved people to escape to the North?
The Underground Railroad
The economy in the North really focused on what?
Large factories
What the Missouri Compromise say about every state above Missouri?
That they would be free states.
What did the Emancipation Proclamation do?
Declared that enslaved people in the South would be "forever free"
What did the 13 amendment do?
Name one state or country that enslaved people wanted to reach in order to free.
Pennsylvania, Ohio, New York, Canada
During the Civil War, the United States was divided into how many parts, what do we refer to them as?
3 parts
North (Union)
South (Confederacy)
Border
What did the Kansas-Nebraska Act say about new states?
They could vote on if slavery would be allowed.
Why did Abraham Lincoln not include border states like Maryland in the Emancipation Proclamation?
He was afraid they would secede from the Union
What did the 15th amendment do?
Said voting rights could not be denied because of skin color (allowed black men to vote)
What was the name of a famous newspaper about ending slavery?
The North Star (Douglass) or The Liberator (Garrison)
Why was Maryland considered a border state?
Western Maryland was similar to the North (small farms, factories) and Southern and Eastern Maryland was similar to the South (Plantations and large farms)
Describe Bleeding Kansas
Kansas was set to vote on slavery. Northerners went to Kansas to make sure they did not vote for slavery and Southerners went to Kansas to make sure they did vote for slavery. Fighting happened.
What city was the capital of the Union and what city was the capital of the Confederacy?
Washington D.C. (Union)
Richmond (Confederacy)
How did literacy tests prevent black people from voting?