Causes of the Civil War
Why did the South think it needed slaves, but the North didn't?
1. Large plantations in the south needed slave labor to profit
2.Slave labor was needed to work the mines in the South
3. Slaves ran the large steel mills and appliance factories in the South
1. Large plantations in the south needed slave labor to profit
Which term was made up?
1. Black Codes
2. Jim Crow
2. Jim Crow
What were the Reconstruction Amendments?
list them
13th, 14th, 15th
The President to end slavery in the United States was...?
Abraham Lincoln
Who fought the North in the American Civil War?
1. England
2. East
3. West
4. South
4. South
True or False: The southern states wanted the federal government to have all the power and make all the laws.
False
In the southern states subject to the "Black Codes" Black residents had to pay a tax if they wanted to a job other than...
_________ and ___________
farming and servant work
This Reconstruction Amendment was ratified first and abolished slavery
13th amendment
The vice president for Lincoln who became president after Lincoln was assassinated
1. Andrew Johnson
2. Theodore Roosevelt
3. Frederick Douglass
1. Andrew Johnson
What was the main driver of the economy in the North during the Civil War?
1. Farming
2. Industry
3. Tourism
4. Transportation
2. Industry
In what state did the first fighting over slavery take place?
Also referred to as Bleeding _______.
Kansas
What was one way Black Male Citizens were prevented from voting in the South?
1. literacy tests
2. poll tax
3. Grandfather Clause
4. All of the above
4. All of the above
This Reconstruction Amendment was ratified last among the three, and established voting rights for all male citizens of age.
15th amendment
To ratify something means to...
1. Approve
2. Deny
3. Begin
4. End
1. Approve
What were people who wanted to outlaw slavery called?
1. Tories
2. Federalists
3. Prohibitionists
4. Abolitionists
4. Abolitionists
What was the name of the Act made in 1854 when territories were permitted to vote on whether or not they would enter as a slave or free state?
Kansas-Nebraska Act
When did Reconstruction draw to a close?
By 1877, when the last federal soldiers (soldiers employed by the national government) left the South and Reconstruction drew to a close,
This amendment focused on due process under the law.
14th amendment
Slavery was abolished in what year?
1. 1862
2. 1866
3. 1865
4. 1861
3. 1865
What political party did Abraham Lincoln belong to?
1. Democrat
2. Libertarian
3. Constitution
4. Republican
4. Republican
How is expansion connected as a cause of the Civil War?
Southern states began to fear they would lose so much power that they would lose all their rights. Each new state became a battleground between the two sides for power.
The Black Codes also known as Jim Crow laws are seen as a failure of Reconstruction.
True or False
True
1. It both made slavery illegal and at the same time legal as a form of capitol punishment.
How would you describe Reconstruction in the United States to someone who has not heard of it?
1. A period of time in which the South was rebuilt and brought back into the Union, and a time in which the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments were ratified.
True or False: Abraham Lincoln wasn't on the voting ballot in 10 of the Southern states.
True