the south/north divide
The upper class of Southern society. They were the smallest class and also owned the most slaves with the largest plantations.
the aristocracy
During most of American history, most Americans were varying forms of the ______________ denominations
protestant
The opening shots of the civil war were fired were fired at this place in Charleston, SC
Fort Sumter
This organization was made by ex-confederates in December 1865 as a way to intimidate the newly freed slave population of the south.
the Ku Klux Klan
The south relied on the labor of slaves. The north, relied on ____________ for its source of labor
immigrants
The crop that is most associated with slavery. It was because this crop and its mass growth and profits that caused the need for slaves to grow.
cotton
Strange new religious ideas were appearing in the Northern cities during the 19th century. This one was the idea that the living could communicate with the spirits of the dead. By 1860 it was widespread in Northern cities. It is also a mortal sin.
Spiritualism
The first major battle of the civil war was fought here on July 21, 1861.
Bull Run
This Amendment officially abolished slavery in the US
the 13th
This radical abolitionist raided the federal armory at Harpers Ferry in an unsuccessful attempt to start a slave revolt.
John Brown
This man won the 1860 presidential election, was the first republican president and it was his election that caused South Carolina to secede from the union.
Abraham Lincoln
Some Americans wanted to rebuild society from the ground up, to build a perfect society- __________. These ________ socialists wanted to build the perfect society and abolish private ownership of productive wealth, which society would hold in common
Utopia/utopian
This man was the confederate commander of the Army of Northern Virginia during the civil war.
General Robert E. Lee
this amendment officially gave universal manhood suffrage, regardless of race, or previous status of servitude.
14th
This General went on to become the 18th president of the US. It was under his leadership that reconstruction had the greatest effect.
Ulysses S. Grant
This act required that slaves be returned to their owners, even if they were in a free state. The act also made the federal government responsible for finding, returning, and trying escaped slaves.
The Fugitive Slave Act
This clergyman was a prominent leader in the US Catholic community in the middle of the 19th century. He pushed for school reform, supported catholic education, new catholic immigrants in New York, and during the civil war went to Rome to receive the support of the papacy for the Union cause.
Bishop John Hughes
This man was made commander of all Union armies in March 1864. General Lee surrendered to him in Appomattox, Virginia April 9, 1865.
General Ulysses S. Grant
This President officially ended reconstruction with his election in 1877. In Which the republicans received the presidency, while southern democrat states did not recognize the 15th amendment and the Federal army was removed from occupying the South.
Rutherford B. Hayes
This man shot Abraham Lincoln. Lincoln was the first president to be assassinated in office.
John Wilkes Booth
This democrat was the fifteenth president of the US. He was president prior to the 1860 presidential election.
James Buchanan
In 1844, the school board of Philadelphia permitted catholic students use this type of bible. A Protestant clergy association was outraged and warned that Catholics were seeking to overthrow the government and remove the bible from schools. Riots ripped through Philadelphia in response.
Douay-Rheims bible
This famous general caused great destruction with his "March to the sea". First he marched on Atlanta, then Atlanta to Savannah, turning north into the Carolinas, burned Columbia and finally received General Johnson's surrender in Durham, NC
William T. Sherman
This man was Abraham Lincoln's southern democrat vice president. He was president after Lincoln and was very unpopular. He was seen as to easy on the southern states, who republicans wanted to punish for the civil war.
Andrew Johnson
This man was the first president to die while in office.
the 9th president of the US- William Henry Harrison