Causes of the War
This person led the attack on Harper's Ferry and was a radical abolitionist
This was considered the start of the Civil War
Fort Sumter
What was the name of the 3 part Union strategy to win the War?
Anaconda Plan
Which amendment abolished slavery?
13th
What were the Black Codes?
Laws that limited the rights of African Americans
List 2 results of the Civil War
south lay in ruin, south had no economy, ended slavery, federal government=supreme law of land, north industrial power, many died
Written by Harriet Beecher Stowe, this book showed that brutal reality of slavery
Uncle Tom's Cabin
It revolutionized naval warfare by using ironclad ships
Give two examples of North advantages during the war
working gov, higher population, factories, railroad system, 70% nations wealth, larger navy
South Advantages: experienced military leaders, familiar with land
Which amendment gave black men the right to vote?
15th
What was the purpose of the Freedman's Bureau?
To provide assistance to African Americans after the war
What's the significance of the election of 1860?
The south seceded soon after
What did the Kansas-Nebraska Act allow for?
People to choose whether slavery would be allowed or not in the territory
This battle was considered the turning point of the war
Gettysburg
Who was the Confederate military leader?
Robert E Lee
Which amendment granted citizenship and due process to anyone born in the USA?
14th
This court case ruled that segregation was legal
"separate but equal"
Plessy v Ferguson
What's the significance of the 54th Massachusetts Regiments?
It was an all black unit which gained respect for African Americans who joined the war
This court case ruled that slaves were property and therefore had no rights
Dred Scott Case
Scott v Sanford
This battle ended the idea that it would be a short war after union troops were defeated
Battle of Bull Run
What did the Emancipation Proclamation state?
Slaves in the rebelling states were now free
****NOT IN THE BORDER STATES********
What was the result of sharecropping?
It forced people into debt and a cycle of poverty
how did Jim Crow laws take away African American voting rights?
By using poll taxes, literacy tests, and the grandfather clause
This principle in the Constitution means power to the people
popular sovereignty
The compromise of 1850 included which act?
The Fugitive Slave Act
This battle is where Union troops gained control of the Mississippi River
Vicksburg
This is the location where the Confederacy surrendered
Appomattox Courthouse
What was the purpose of the Wade-Davis Bill?
To give more strict requirements to join back into the Union
What did Radical Republicans want?
To punish the South for the war and protect the rights of freedmen in the South.
The force Acts were passed in response to
African American rights being violated