North v. South
What denied equal rights to African Americans during the Reconstruction Era?
Black Codes
Union troops Confederate Troops
1,566,678 1,082,119
275,175 194,000 Wounded
110,070 94,000 Died of Wounds
249,458 164,000 Died of Disease
Based off chart above what caused the most casualties?
Disease caused the most wounds
As the Civil War began, President Abraham Lincoln stated that his primary goal was to
Answer Choices: End slavery, Preserve the Union, Set new boundaries, increase congressional power
Preserve the Union
Abolished Slavery in the US
13th Amendment
Laws in the southern U.S. that segregated public facilities by race after the Civil War.
Jim Crow Laws
Constitutional amendments adopted during Reconstruction were intended to
provide legal and political rights for African Americans.
Which issue is reflected in these headlines?
"Compromise Enables Maine and Missouri to Enter Union" (1820)
"California Admitted to Union as Free States" (1850)
"Kansas-Nebraska Act Sets Up Popular Sovereignty" (1854)
Slavery
Which of the following BEST explains why the election of 1860 led the South to secede?
Choices:
Lincoln won mainly due to his promise to abolish slavery which was very popular in the North.
Lincoln won the electoral vote despite finishing second in the popular vote.
The House of Representatives chose Lincoln to resolve a tightly contested election.
Lincoln, who opposed the expansion of slavery, was elected with no support from slave states.
Lincoln, who opposed the expansion of slavery, was elected with no support from slave states.
Granted U.S. citizenship to African Americans.
14th Amendment
An effort to rebuild the southern states and bring southern states to the Union after the Civil War.
Reconstruction
Some women were more directly involved in the war through their service as nurses and doctors, by disguising themselves as soldiers, and/or by participating in espionage activity. Women were responsible for taking on many of the duties of males while they were away at war. . . . For example, . . . the wife of a yeoman farmer would have been responsible for maintaining not only the housework, but also the family farm. . . . Numerous middle-class women went to work in government offices, hospitals, factories, and mills.
“People in Line for Change." National Park Service, Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park
Based on the text, how did the Civil War affect the role of women in society?
Answer Choices:
Women lost political power due to the conservative values prevalent in the South
Women gained new roles that were traditionally held by men because men were engaged in the war
Women were more committed to their traditional roles as a result of the war
Women gained the right to vote, which increased their political voice and participation
Women gained new roles that were traditionally held by men because men were engaged in the war
Before the Civil War, slavery expanded in the South rather than in the North because geographic conditions in the South encouraged the development of large
plantations.
President Abraham Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address mentioned "with malice towards none" in regard to Reconstruction. What does that say about his plan for the country?
Answer Choices
Lincoln wanted to punish the South for starting the Civil War
Lincoln wanted the Southern states to reenter the nation as quickly as possible
Lincoln wanted the Southern states to pay reparations to the federal government
Lincoln wanted to establish the Republican party as the only political party in the South
Lincoln wanted the Southern states to reenter the nation as quickly as possible
The U.S. Supreme Court stated that enslaved people were not citizens of the United States.
Dred Scott v. Sanford
A series of bills passed following the Mexican-American War to address the issues of slavery.
Compromise of 1850
Poll taxes and grandfather clauses were devices used to
Deny African Americans the right to vote
A major result of the Civil War was that the
Answer Choices: economic system of the South came to dominate the United States economy.
members of Congress from Southern states gained control of the legislative branch.
federal government's power over the states was strengthened.
nation's industrial development came to a standstill.
federal government's power over the states was strengthened.
Which statement best explains President Abraham Lincoln's justification for the Civil War?
President Lincoln's oath of office required him to defend and preserve the Union.
As an abolitionist, President Lincoln wanted to end slavery in the United States.
President Lincoln wanted to keep the South economically dependent on the industrial North.
To keep the support of Great Britain and France, President Lincoln had to try and end slavery immediately.
President Lincoln's oath of office required him to defend and preserve the Union.
Gave African American men the right to vote.
15th Amendment
Agreement to keep an equal balance of free and slave states; outlawed slavery in new states and territories north of 36°30' north latitude.
Missouri Compromise
In the South, the passage of Jim Crow laws in the 1870s and 1880s led directly to the
Segregation of public facilities
The excerpt below is from Alexander Stephens, Vice President of the Confederacy:
The new [Confederate] constitution has put at rest, forever, all the agitating questions relating to our peculiar institution—African slavery as it exists amongst us—the proper status of the negro in our form of civilization. This was the immediate cause of the late rupture and present revolution. . . . The prevailing ideas entertained by . . . most of the leading statesmen at the time of the formation of the old constitution, were that the enslavement of the African was violation of the laws of nature; that it was wrong in principle, socially, morally, and politically. . . . Those ideas, however, were fundamentally wrong. They rested upon the assumption of . . . the equality of races. This was an error.
Quoted in “Slavery as a Cause of the Civil War." Courtesy of the National Park Service
Based on the excerpt, what was the primary cause of secession among the Southern states?
Choices:
The right to own slaves as property
The push for equality among men
The military hostility of the North against the South
The right for individuals to make their polices on slavery
The right to own slaves as property
President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863, announcing, “that all persons held as slaves” within the rebellious areas “are, and henceforward shall be free.” . . .
Although the Emancipation Proclamation did not end slavery in the nation, it did fundamentally transform the character of the war. After January 1, 1863, every advance of federal troops expanded the domain of freedom. Moreover, the Proclamation announced the acceptance of Black men into the Union Army and Navy, enabling the liberated to become liberators. By the end of the war, almost 200,000 Black soldiers and sailors had fought for the Union and freedom.
“Emancipation Proclamation (1863)”
U.S. National Archives
Based on the text, with which statement would the author agree regarding the Emancipation Proclamation?
The Emancipation Proclamation forbade African Americans from fighting.
The Emancipation Proclamation immediately ended slavery.
The Emancipation Proclamation ended the Civil War.
The Emancipation Proclamation changed the meaning of the Civil War.
The Emancipation Proclamation changed the meaning of the Civil War.
The U.S. Supreme Court case that allowed for equal but separate accommodations for the white and colored races.
Plessy v. Ferguson
Created during Reconstruction to aid former slaves and help them adjust to freedom by providing an education and other basic necessities.
Freedmen's Bureau