Amendments
Reconstruction
Causes
Causes 2
100
The Fourteenth Amendment states that-
Anyone born in the United States was a citizen.
100

What happened to Lincoln five days after the war ended?

Shot in Ford's Theater by John Wilkes Booth.

100
Why did so many slaves live in the South?
Slaves were needed for work. (laborforce)
100

Name the event that triggered the start of the Civil War?

Election of 1860/South seceding

200
The Fifteenth Amendment states that-
African American men can vote.
200

Reconstruction, as it relates to the Civil War period, refers to the period that-

The South was rebuilt, slavery was over, North and South still had tension.

200

What happened in the Missouri Compromise?

Missouri came in as a slave state, Maine as a free state, and the invisible line was drawn.

200

Why did Abe Lincoln getting elected lead to the war?

Led South Carolina to secede and made the South angry.

300
The Thirteenth Amendment states that-
Slavery in the United States was officially banned.
300
Who surrendered on April 9, 1865, at the Appomattox Courthouse, Virginia and what was the significance of this event?
General Robert E. Lee surrendered, marking the end of the Civil War.
300

What was the Great Compromise about?

California came in as a free state, Utah and Nevada got to choose, and slave trade was legal in California.

300
While the overall population of Texas grew from 1836-1860, what conclusion can be made regarding the population of slaves in Texas?
The percent of the population that were slaves increased.
400
The Emancipation Proclamation stated that or made public notice that-
The slaves in areas rebelling against the United States were freed.
400

Where was the Battle of Bull Run?

Manassas Virginia

400

What was Bleeding Kansas?

When anti-slavery + pro-slavery people fought over whether the state should be free or slave.

400

Name the BIGGEST issue that started the war.

SLAVERY

500
Why did the issue of states' rights lead to the Civil War?
The South believed that states should havemorepower than the federal government.
500

Why are the Jim Crow Laws so significant?

Started segregation in the US

500
What southern state is credited for seceding from the Union (U.S.) first?
South Carolina
500

All of the following were causes of the Civil War except one. Which was not a cause? President Lincoln getting elected, The secession of South Carolina, or William Travis' death.

William Travis' death

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