Civil War
What was the first military action of the Civil War?
Attack on Fort Sumter
This event scared the southerners into thinking that some abolitionists/slaves would turn violent
John Brown Raids
True or false:
Racial inequality disappeared with the abolition of slavery
False
What did the 13th amendment do?
Slavery ilegal
What group of peoples' votes helped push grant over the top to win the election of 1868?
Be very specific (3 word answer)
What was the first state to secede from the nation?
South Carolina
Why did the southern states secede after the election of abraham loincoln?
His policies threatened the legality of slavery
The removal of the U.S army from the southern states marked the end of what era?
Reconstruction
What did the 14th amendment do?
Birthright citizenship
What was the difference between the KKK and the White league?
White League didn't hide their identity
The Anaconda Plan was the Union's strategy to defeat the south. What were the 3 aspects of the plan?
Naval blockade
Cut off the mississippi river
Capture Richmond VA
Did the courts rule in favor or against Dred Scott in the Dred Scott decision?
Against
The KKK and the White league didn't want Blacks to vote in elections. what 2 policies help them accomplish their goals?
Literacy tests and poll taxes
What did the 15th amendment do?
gave black MEN the right to vote everywhere in the U.S
the election between which two people, was disputed and settled by a bipartisan commission
Hayes and Tilden
This battle stopped a major Confederate invasion in the North, and was also known as the turning point of the war.
Gettysburg
What was the result of the Dred Scott decision?
No Black Person anywhere could be a United States citizen
Johnson was known as one of the worst presidents. What law did he break to allow congress to impeach him?
(it was a trap)
Tenure of office act.
Who was president when the 15th amendment was put into place?
Grant
The terms of the compromise of 1877 was that hayes was president and________
He would end reconstruction by removing the army from the south
The expansion of slavery into the western territories led to what policy?
Compromise of 1850
This union General Eventually became the 18th president of the United States.
Grant
these prohibited black people from owning property and working certain jobs
Black Codes
List the 4 presidents we have covered in this class IN ORDER
Lincoln, Johnson, Grant and Hayes
What term trapped families in debt and dependence on landowners?
Sharecropping, tenant farming, or debt peopnage.