Vocab
What is the word for a person who opposes slavery?
Abolitionist
What event happened in 1863?
The Emancipation Proclamation was signed
How did differences in the economy between the North and South lead to the Civil War?
The North relied on factories and manufacturing, while the South depended on farming and enslaved labor, causing conflict over slavery.
What was the original capital of North Carolina, and why was it moved?
New Bern was the original capital and it was moved because it was too far east and leaders wanted a more central location.
Who was the president of the Confederacy during the Civil War?
Jefferson Davis
What was the document signed by Abraham Lincoln that freed enslaved people in the South?
Emancipation Proclamation
What event happened in May 1861?
North Carolina left the Union
How did disagreements over taxes increase tension between the North and South?
The North supported taxes on imports, while the South opposed them because they raised prices and hurt trade.
Who were two important people in the growth of the tobacco industry, and what did they do?
Washington Duke started the business, and James Buchanan Duke bought machines that cut the cost of producing tobacco in half.
What religious group helped enslaved people escape using the Underground Railroad?
Quakers
What is the definition of Reconstruction?
The period after the Civil War when the United States worked to rebuild the South.
In what year was Abraham Lincoln elected president?
November 1860
How did beliefs about states’ rights lead to conflict?
The South believed states should have more power, while the North believed the national government should have more power. The South wanted to use state's rights to protect slavery in the South.
What groups of people moved to the Piedmont in the 1730s?
Germans, Scotch-Irish, Welsh, and Irish
What transportation route helped settlers move into the backcountry?
The Great Wagon Road
What is the definition of the Underground Railroad?
A network of routes and safe houses that helped enslaved people escape to freedom A network of routes and safe houses that helped enslaved people escape to freedom
In what years were the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments passed?
1868 and 1870
How did differing opinions on slavery cause the Civil War?
The North mostly opposed slavery, while the South supported it for economic reasons, creating major conflict. the North believed that slavery was morally wrong and slavery was a moral issues but the South saw taking away slavery as taking away their way of making a living.
What were four challenges that slowed North Carolina’s growth?
Trade, transportation, education, and population
How did the South respond to Reconstruction after the Civil War?
The South resisted Reconstruction by passing Black Codes that limited the rights and freedoms of African Americans
What are Black Codes?
Laws passed in the South after the Civil War that limited the rights and freedoms of African Americans
Put these 11 events in chronological order:
1. Great Wagon Road migration (1730s)
2. Salem built (1766)
3. Battle of Guilford Courthouse (March 1781)
4.North Carolina Railroad built (1849)
5. Abraham Lincoln elected (November 1860)
6. South Carolina leaves Union (December 1860)
7. North Carolina leaves Union (May 1861)
8. Emancipation Proclamation (1863)
9. Thirteenth Amendment (1865)
10. Black Codes passed (after the war, 1865)
11. Fourteenth & Fifteenth Amendments (1868, 1870)
What are the five main differences between the North and South that led to the Civil War?
What were the differences between farming in the Coastal Plain and the Piedmont?
The Coastal Plain had large plantations thay focused on growing cash crops, while the Piedmont had smaller farms that were self sufficient.
What amendments were passed after the Civil War, and what did each one do?