Steps Towards Civil War
Beginning of Civil War
The Civil War
Reconstruction
Effects of
Reconstruction
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10. What issue did the Missouri Compromise, the Compromise of 1850 and the Kansas-Nebraska Act deal with?
Whether to make new states Slave or Free
100
2. What did 7 southern states do after Lincoln was elected in November of 1860?
What is seceded from the Union
100
3. These two men lead the armies of the North and the South -- only one would later become President
Who are Ulysses S. Grant (North) and Robert E. Lee (South)
100
18. What is the definition of Reconstruction?
What is the Time Period in the South after the Civil War (1865-1877)
100
14. What was the major purpose of the 13th, 14th and 15th Amendments?
What is to provide more rights to African-Americans (Freed Slaves) (13th - Bans Slavery, 14th - Gives "equal protection" and citizenship to Af-Am, 15th - Gives Af-Am Men the right to vote)
200
5. How did the decision of Dred Scott v. Sanford help lead to the civil war?
What is it made abolitionists more determined to free the slaves
200
8. According to President Lincoln, what was his main goal at the start of the Civil War?
What is to preserve the Union or Keep the Union together
200
6. After Lincoln suspended Habeas Corpus during the Civil War, what two ideas or values came into conflict?
What are Civil Liberties (Rights!) vs. National Security
200
19. Explain the Radical Republican plan for Reconstruction
The south would be punished for starting the Civil War, and would have to pay war reparations
200
21. What was the name given to laws which put in place policies of segregation in the south, such as that it was illegal to have interracial marriages and that schools would be separate between whites and blacks?
What are Jim Crow Laws (which came from a play with a character named "Jim Crow" who was a white man in black face)
300
7. What was one advantage the North had over the South leading up to the civil war, which made it easier to transport materials and troops?
What is a more extensive railroad system
300
9. What were two advantages the North had during the Civil War?
What is More population ("human resources), better industry to produce goods, a good political leader, better railroads, effective navy
300
23. Although it was the first step towards eventually freeing all the slaves, what was Lincoln's real purpose for issuing the "Emancipation Proclamation" in 1863?
What is the to win the Civil War
300
1. Explain the Reconstruction plan of Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson
They wanted to give "amnesty" to the South, and to have a "fair and generous peace," and to not punish the south harshly
300
24. Explain the purpose of "Black Codes" that were put in place in the South during and after reconstruction
What is to limit the rights given to African-Americans in the 14th and 15th Amendments
400
12. Explain what "Bloody Kansas" was, and how "Popular Sovereignty" helped lead to it
Pro and Anti Slavery citizens moved to Kansas to vote if it should be a free or slave state, and began little skirmishes, and this occurred because popular sovereignty allowed each individual state to vote if it would be free or slave
400
20. This was the location of the first armed conflict between the Union and the Confederacy -- off the coast of South Carolina
What is Fort Sumter
400
15. What would General Robert E. Lee -- who said he was fighting for Virginia -- tell you that the was the overall conflict which led to the Civil War?
What is State vs. Federal Rights
400
4. How did the Civil War impact the Northern Economy after the war?
The Northern economy was stimulated (did better) and they increased industrialization even more
400
22. Describe two of the "black codes" put in place in the South during reconstruction
What are the Literacy Test (had to prove they could read in order to vote) and Poll Tax (had to pay a 'tax' to vote)
500
17. What book, written by Harriet Beacher Stowe, was banned in the South for its cruel, abolitionist depiction of Slavery?
What is "Uncle Tom's Cabin"
500
16. As the country divided, and the states took sides, there were three "boarder states," which meant this:
What is that they were slave states that didn't secede, and instead stayed with the Union
500
11. What act was passed by Lincoln during the Civil War in 1862, which would eventually lead to many more people moving out west for the promise of free land?
What is the Homestead Act
500
13. After the Civil War, the term "New South" referred to what changes in South?
There was more industrialization and more diverse types of agriculture
500
25. Which late 19th and early 20th century Civil Rights leader was born a slave, and believed that the civil rights of African-Americans would be earned over time, and should not be demanded immediately -- for fear of getting backlash from whites?
Who is Booker T. Washington (Who disagreed with him? What did he say?)
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