Vocab
This period is history refers to post-civil war decisions and discussions on how to reintegrate the former Confederacy back into the Union, what to do with the Southern economy, and how to address the ex-slave question
What is "Reconstruction?"
Lincoln's main goal for going to war with the South was to...
What is "preserve the Union"
The Compromise of 1850 allowed California to enter the Union as a free state, but in return the South demanded ___________
What is "fugitive slave act"
The 13th amendment....
What is "abolished slavery?"
This president withdrew federal troops from the South following his victory in 1877
Who is "Rutherford B. Hayes"
South Carolina is the first state to secede from the Union following the election of this Republican president
Who is "Abraham Lincoln?"
This invention led to a revolution in the demand for slave labor, causing a high increase in the economic benefits of enslavement for slave owners
What is "Cotton Gin?"
Abraham Lincoln issued this statement in 1863, freeing the enslaved that resided in the rebelling Confederate states
What is "Emancipation Proclamation"
This word refers to the believe the expanding the United States was inevitable, and our God given right
What is "manifest destiny"
The Radical Republican's Reconstruction plan, also called _________________________, wanted tough consequences on the former Confederacy and equal rights for Freedmen
What is "Wade-Davis Bill?"
This man became president after Lincoln's assassination
Who is "Andrew Johnson?"
One of the main components of Lincoln's Reconstruction plan required ________________.
What is "10% of reunifying states to declare loyalty to the Union"
Northern men who traveled South during Reconstruction in hopes of building careers and joining politics. These men were typically allied with the Republican party.
Who are "carpetbaggers?"
What is "13th amendment?"
The Missouri Compromise prohibited slavery north of:
What is "The southern border of Missouri"
This amendment gave suffrage to black males
What is "15th amendment?"
This white supremacist group was known for its violence towards freedmen during Reconstruction
Who is "Ku Klux Klan?"
What is "segregation?"
This word refers to laws passed in the south immediately following the ratification of the 13th amendment. These laws intended to restrict the movement and job availability of freedmen in the South
What is "Black Codes"
Union general William T. Sherman was known for THIS policy, which he implemented in the Southern states
What is "total war OR Sherman's March to the Sea?"
The Missouri Compromise admitted Missouri as a slave state and THIS state as a free state
What is "Maine?"
This Supreme Court case said that "the black man had no rights which the white man was bound to respect" and that black people were not citizens
What is "Dred Scot v. Sanford?"
This man was the center of the 1869 Supreme Court case which gave us the idea of "Separate but Equal"
Who is "Homer Plessy"
This piece of legislation passed during Reconstruction guaranteed equal rights to African Americans in public spaces. It only lasted for a couple years.
What is "Civil Rights Act of 1875"
This organization was responsible trying to assist freedmen and impoverished whites following the Civil War
What is the "Freedmen's Bureau?"
What is "industrial?"
The Kansas-Nebraska Act allowed Kansas and Nebraska to enter the Union. They answered the free state/slave state debate by implementing this idea:
What is "popular sovereignty"
The 14th amendment not only established citizenship for all people born in the US, it also called for ___________
What is "equal protection of the law?"
This man was the famous Confederate General
Who is Robert E. Lee?
THIS case stated that segregation was constitutional if the separate facilities for whites and blacks were equal.
What is "Plessy v. Ferguson?"
These Southerners joined the Republican party. They were allies to the freedmen's cause.
Who are "scalawags?"
Confederate troops fired on Union soldiers at the first battle of
What is "Fort Sumter"
Following the Kansas-Nebraska Act, bloody fighting broke out in Kansas as many people quickly moved into the state in order to declare a either free or slave majority. This mini civil war is referred to as:
What is "bleeding Kansas?"
This compromise settled the election of of Rutherford B. Hayes and removed federal troops from the South
What is "Compromise of 1877"
This group was considered extreme for their views. They believe in full civil rights for freedmen
Who are "Radical Republicans?"
This legal arrangement allowed a tenant to use a landowner's land in exchange for a share of the crops produced on that land
What is "sharecropping?"