Reconstruction Period
This period happened right after the Civil War between 1866 to 1877.
what is the reconstruction period?
To have power and control over another entity.
What is sovereignty?
There were many Northern states such as Illinois and New York that did not approve of this.
What is slavery
In Unit one, we talked about how abolitionists fought back against slavery.
What is resistance?
This person was the 16th president of the United States.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
The outcome of the reconstruction period was a?
What is failure?
To run from the law.
What is fugitive?
The system of having legalized slavery was one cause for having this war.
What is the Civil War?
This type of resistance includes running away or physically fighting back.
What is active resistance?
This person started the Underground Railroad to help African Americans escape from slavery.
Who is Harriet Tubman?
These two viewpoints were very different during the reconstruction period.
What are the northern and southern perspectives.
This was the war between factions of the United States, the south and north.
What is the Civil War?
Congress adopted this legislation and admitted Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a non-slave state at the same time so that the balance between slave and free states.
What is the Missouri Compromise 1820?
During the 1860 elections, the Southern Political powers wanted to do this.
What is the expansion of slavery?
This author wrote the highly acclaimed novel, "Uncle Tom's Cabin" in 1851.
Who is Harriet Beecher Stowe?
This was one of the main reasons why the reconstruction period failed.
What is corruption.
To separate two groups. To keep apart.
What is segregation?
This man was a slave who took his master to court in order to secure his freedom.
Who is Dread Sctott?
During and right after the reconstruction period, these two states were recognized as "Non-Slave States.
What are Illinois and Minnesota?
During the Presidential election of 1860, this candidate had the second highest number popular votes.
Who is Douglas?
After the Civil War, many African Americans were this.
What is homeless, moneyless, and illiterate.
These were people who did not agree with slavery and actually tried to end it.
What is an abolitionist?
Encouraged by her sister-in-law, Stowe decided to pen a novel. First published as a series in 1851, it first appeared as a book the following year.
what is Uncle Tom's Cabin?
This document signed by president Abraham Lincoln made it official that all slavery be outlawed in the United States.
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
He was the vice president to Abraham Lincoln.
Who was Hannibal Hamlin?